List of conflicts in Asia

This is a list of wars and conflicts in Asia, particularly East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Russia. For a list of conflicts in Southwest Asia, Asia Pacific. see List of conflicts in the Near East for historical conflicts and List of conflicts in the Middle East, List of conflicts in Australia (related Asia Pacific) for contemporary conflicts.

Western Asia edit

Armenia edit

c. 2492 BCE Battle between Haik and Nimrod
714 BCE Urartu–Assyria War
1914–1918 World War I
1918 Georgian–Armenian War
1918–1920 Armenian–Azerbaijani War
1920 Red Army invasion of Armenia
1988–2024 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 1988–1994 First Nagorno-Karabakh War
- 2008 2008 Mardakert clashes
- 2010 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
- 2010 2010 Mardakert clashes
- 2012 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes
- 2014 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2014 2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown
- 2016 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2018 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2020 July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2020 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
- 2021–2022 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis

Azerbaijan edit

1914–1918 Caucasus Campaign of World War I
1918–1919 Mughan clashes
1918–1920 Armenian–Azerbaijani War
1920 Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan
1988–2024 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 1988–1994 First Nagorno-Karabakh War
- 2008 2008 Mardakert clashes
- 2010 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
- 2010 2010 Mardakert clashes
- 2012 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes
- 2014 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2014 2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown
- 2016 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2018 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2020 July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2020 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
- 2021–2022 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis

Egypt edit

Prehistoric Egypt edit

Between 14340 to 13140 BCE Battle at Cemetery 117

Early Dynastic Period edit

c. 3100 BCE Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
c. 3050 BCE Hor-Aha, the second pharaoh of Egypt, led a campaign against the Nubians.
c. 2890 BCE After the death of Qa'a, the last pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Egypt, a short war may have occurred for the throne, ending with the accession of Hotepsekhemwy.
c. 2690 BCE Khasekhemwy reunited Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt

Old Kingdom edit

c. 2670 BCE Djoser, the first pharaoh of the Third Dynasty of Egypt dispatched several military expeditions to the Sinai Peninsula

First Intermediate Period edit

c. 2150 BCE The 4.2 kiloyear event triggered famines, social disorder, and fragmentation.
c. 2140 BCE During the reign of the pharaoh Neferkare III, the nomarch of Hieraconopolis Ankhtifi, led a coalition of his nome and Edfu against Thebes.
c. 2120 BCE Mentuhotep I and Sehertawy Intef I
c. 2075 BCE Akhtoy Nebkaure sacked Thinis

Middle Kingdom edit

c. 2061 – c. 2010 BCE Campaigns of Mentuhotep II
c. 1900 BCE Senusret I conquest of Lower Nubia
c. 1880 BCE Amenemhat II, looted two cities in Asia
c. 1860–1850 BCE Senusret III, four campaigns to Nubia, one campaign to the Southern Levant
c. 1850 BCE Amenemhat III, short Nubian campaign
c. 1705 BCE – c. 1648 BCE Continuation of 14th dynasty rule in the Nile River Delta region until 1650 BCE when the Hyksos Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt conquered the Delta.

Second Intermediate Period edit

c. 1649 BCE – c. 1600 BCE the Hyksos progress south conquering Middle Egypt, then controlled by the Abydos Dynasty or the 16th Dynasty
c. 1629 BCE – c. 1628 BCE Neferhotep III in a defensive war against the Hyksos Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt
c. 1582 BCE Final Theban offensive of Hyksos who conquer Thebes, ending the 16th Dynasty
c. 1560 BCE – c. 1540 BCE The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt at war with the Hyksos

New Kingdom of Egypt edit

c. 1550 Pharaoh Ahmosis I launches an invasion on the Hyksos in Upper and Lower Egypt. A new era in Ancient Egyptian history: the New Kingdom under the rule of the 18th dynasty.
c. 1282 BCE Seti's military campaigns
1206 BCE – c. 1150 BCE Bronze Age collapse causes the collapse of the New Kingdom of Egypt and subsequent attacks from Libyans, with associated people of Ekwesh, Shekelesh, Lukka, Shardana, and Tursha. A second attack during the reign of Ramesses III involved Peleset, Tjeker, Shardana and Denyen.
- c. 1178 BCE Egyptian-Sea People wars
  - c. 1178 BCE Battle of the Delta
  - c. 1178 BCE Battle of Djahy

Third Intermediate Period edit

925 BCE Battle of Bitter Lakes
752-721 BCE Conquest of Egypt
671 BCE Assyrian invasion of Egypt led by Esarhaddon
664 BCE Sack of Thebes led by Ashurbanipal

Late Period edit

530-522 BCE Campaigns of King Cambyses II of Persia
- 525 BCE Battle of Pelusium
522-520 BCE Rebellion of Petubastis III
480s BCE Rebellion of Psamtik IV
460-454 BCE Rebellion of Inaros II
- 459 BCE Battle of Papremis
411 BCE Amyrtaeus revolted against Darius II of the Achaemenid Empire and regained Egyptian independence
385-383 BCE A Persian invasion of Egypt was repelled by King Hakor
374-373 BCE A Persian invasion of Egypt was repelled by King Nectanebo I
343 BCE Second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
335-323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
- 333 BCE Pelusium opened its gates to Alexander the Great, who placed a garrison in it under the command of an officer entitled Companion of the King.

Ptolemaic Kingdom edit

173 BCE Antiochus Epiphanes defeated the troops of Ptolemy Philometor
55 BCE Mark Antony defeated the Egyptian army and made himself master of the city
10 January 49 BCE – 17 March 45 BCE Caesar's Civil War
- 48-47 BCE Siege of Alexandria
- 47 BCE Battle of the Nile
32 BCE – August 30 BCE Final War of the Roman Republic
- 31 July – 1 August 30 BCE Battle of Alexandria

Roman Province of Egypt edit

115–117 CE Kitos War

Ayyubid Dynasty edit

1171–1172 CE Ayyubids Conquest of North Africa and Nubia
1095–1272 CE The Crusades
- 1213–1221 CE Fifth Crusade
  - 1218–1219 CE Siege of Damietta
  - 29 August 1219 CE Battle of Fariskur
- 1248–1254 CE Seventh Crusade
  - 6 June 1249 CE Siege of Damietta
  - 8 February 1250 CE – 11 February 1250 CE Battle of Al Mansurah
  - 6 April 1250 CE Battle of Fariskur

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt edit

9–12 October 1365 CE Alexandrian Crusade

Eyalet of Egypt edit

1538–1557 CE Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts
20 April 1792 – 25 March 1802 CE French Revolutionary Wars
- May–December 1798 CE Mediterranean campaign
  - 1798–1801 CE French campaign in Egypt and Syria
    - 13 July 1798 CE Battle of Shubra Khit
    - 21 July 1798 CE Battle of the Pyramids
    - 1–3 August 1798 CE Battle of the Nile
    - 21 October 1798 Revolt of Cairo
    - 25 July 1799 CE Battle of Abukir
    - 19 February 1799 CE Siege of El Arish
    - 20 March 1800 CE Battle of Heliopolis
    - 8 March 1801 CE Battle of Abukir
    - 13 March 1801 CE Battle of Mandora
    - 21 March 1801 CE Battle of Alexandria
    - 17 August – 2 September 1801 CE Siege of Alexandria
18 May 1803 CE – 20 November 1815 CE Napoleonic Wars
- 1807–1809 CE Anglo-Turkish War
  - 1807 CE Alexandria expedition

Khedivate of Egypt edit

1882 CE Anglo-Egyptian War
- 11–13 July 1882 CE Bombardment of Alexandria
- June–July 1882 CE Egyptian Expedition
- 1882 CE Battle of Kassassin
- 1882 CE Battle of Kafr el-Dawwar
- 13 September 1882 CE Battle of Tel al-Kebir
1881–1899 CE Mahdist War
- 3 August 1889 CE Battle of Toski

Sultanate of Egypt edit

28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 World War I
- 29 October 1914 – 30 October 1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
  - 28 January 1915 – 30 October 1918 Sinai and Palestine Campaign
    - 26 January – 4 February 1915 Raid on the Suez Canal
    - 23 April 1916 Battle of Katia
    - 3–5 August 1916 Battle of Romani
    - 23 December 1916 Battle of Magdhaba
    - 9 January 1917 Battle of Rafa
    - 13–21 February 1917 Raid on Nekhl

Kingdom of Egypt edit

1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 World War II
- 10 June 1940 – 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
  - 10 June 1940 – 13 May 1943 North African Campaign
    - 11 June 1940 – 4 February 1943 Western Desert Campaign
      - 9–16 September 1940 Italian invasion of Egypt
      - 9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941 Operation Compass
      - 4 February 1942 Abdeen Palace Incident
      - 1–27 July 1942 First Battle of El Alamein
      - 30 August – 5 September 1942 Battle of Alam Halfa
      - 11 October – 23 November 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein
15 May 1948 – 10 March 1949 Arab-Israeli War
- December 1948 – January 1949 Battles of the Sinai

Republic of Egypt edit

23 July 1952 Egyptian Revolution
2–3 November 1955 Operation Volcano (Israeli raid)
29 October – 7 November 1956 Suez Crisis
- October 1956 Operation Musketeer
- 1956 Operation Telescope
- 1956 Battle of Suez

Arab Republic of Egypt edit

5–11 June 1967 Six-Day War
- 5–6 June 1967 Battle of Abu-Ageila
- 8 June 1967 USS Liberty incident
1 July 1967 – 7 August 1970 War of Attrition
- 11 July 1967 Battle of Rumani Coast
- 19 July 1969 Operation Bulmus 6
- 20 July 1969 – 28 July 1969 Operation Boxer
- 26–27 December 1969 Operation Rooster 53
- 7 January – 13 April 1970 Operation Priha
- 22 January 1970 Operation Rhodes
- 30 July 1970 Operation Rimon 20
6–25 October 1973 Yom Kipppur War
- 6–8 October 1973 Operation Badr
- 6 October 1973 Battles of Fort Budapest
- 6 October 1973 Battle of Fort Lahtzanit
- 6 October 1973 Ofira Air Battle
- 6–7 October 1973 Battle of El Qantarah
- 7 October 1973 Romani ambush
- 7 October 1973 Battle of Marsa Talamat
- 7 October 1973 Operation Tagar
- 7–8 October 1973 Battle of the Moses Eyes Fortress
- 8 October 1973 Battle of Firdan
- 8–9 October 1973 Battle of Baltim
- 14 October 1973 Battle of the Sinai
- 14 October 1973 Air Battle of El Mansoura
- 15 October 1973 – 17 October 1973 Battle of the Chinese Farm
- 16 October 1973 Raid on Egyptian missile bases
- 17 October 1973 Egyptian 25th Brigade ambush
- 18 October 1973 Battle of Ismailia
- 22 October 1973 Scud missile attack
- 24–25 October 1973 Battle of Suez
21–24 July 1977 Libyan-Egyptian War
25 January 2011 2011 Egyptian Revolution and Aftermath
23 February 2011 – ongoing Sinai insurgency
22 November 2012 – 3 July 2013 Egyptian protests
3 July 2013 Political violence in Egypt
16 February 2015 – ongoing Intervention in Libya
25 March 2015 – ongoing Intervention in Yemen

Iran edit

Early Dynastic Period of Sumer edit

c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE Gilgamesh of Uruk killed the Elamite ruler Humbaba
c. 2500 BCE Enmebaragesi of Kish subdued Elam

Fourth Babylonian Dynasty edit

c. 1125–1104 BCE (Short chronology) Nebuchadnezzar I of Isin's War with Elam

Achaemenid Empire edit

559–530 BCE Campaigns of Cyrus the Great
- 552 BCE Persian Revolt

The Median Empire about 48 years before the Persian Revolt

- 552 BCE Battle of Hyrba
- 551 BCE Battle of the Persian Border
- 550 BCE Battle of Pasargadae

Macedonian Empire edit

335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
- January 20, 330 BCE Battle of the Persian Gate

Seleucid Empire edit

322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi
- 317 BCE Battle of Paraitacene
- Winter 316 BCE Battle of Gabiene

Kingdoms of the Diadochi after the Battle of Ipsus, c. 301 BCE.

Kingdom of Ptolemy I Soter

Kingdom of Cassander

Kingdom of Lysimachus

Kingdom of Seleucus I Nicator

Epirus

Other

Carthage

Roman Republic

Greek colonies

Parthian Empire edit

238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars
- 238 BCE Parni conquest of Parthia
- 129 BCE Battle of Ecbatana
66 BCE – 217 Roman–Parthian Wars
- 40–33 BCE Antony's Parthian War
- 161–166 Roman–Parthian War
- 217 CE Battle of Nisibis

Sasanian Empire edit

April 24, 224 Parthian–Sasanian War
502–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars
- 440 Byzantine–Sasanian War
- 572–591 Byzantine–Sasanian War
  - August 591 Battle of Blarathon
633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia
- 642 Battle of Nahāvand

Rashidun Caliphate edit

The Rashidun Empire reached its greatest extent under Caliph Uthman, in 654.

656–661 First Fitna

Umayyad Caliphate edit

680–692 Second Fitna
743–750 Third Fitna

Abbasid Caliphate edit

809–827 Fourth Fitna

Qajar dynasty edit

1911–1913 Revolt of Salar-al-Daulah
1914–1918 World War I
- 1914–1918 Persian Campaign

Pahlavi dynasty edit

1918-ongoing Kurdish–Iranian conflict
- 1918 Simko Shikak revolt
- 1926 1926 Shikak revolt
- 1929 Jafar Sultan revolt
- 1941–1944 Hama Rashid revolt
- 1945–1926 Iran crisis of 1946
- 1967 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran
1922–2022 Arab separatism in Khuzestan
- 1922–1924 Sheikh Khazal rebellion
1939–1945 World War II
- 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
1963–1976 Dhofar Rebellion

Islamic Republic of Iran edit

1979 Iranian Revolution
- 1979–1983 Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution
- 1979–1981 Iran Hostage Crisis
1922–2022 Arab separatism in Khuzestan
- 1979 1979 Khuzestan insurgency
- 2005 2005 Ahvaz unrest
- 2005–2006 2005-06 Ahvaz bombings
- 2011 2011 Khuzestan protests
- 2018 Ahvaz military parade attack
1918–ongoing Kurdish–Iranian conflict
- 1979 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
- 1984–1991 KDPI-Komala conflict
- 1989–1996 KDPI insurgency (1989-96)
- 2004-ongoing Iran-PJAK conflict
- 2014 Mahabad riots
- 2016-ongoing Western Iran clashes (2016–present)
1980–1989 Iran-Iraq War
1948–ongoing Balochistan conflict
- 2004‐ongoing Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency

Iraq edit

Early Dynastic Period of Sumer edit

c. 2800 – c. 1750 BCE Sumer-Elam war
- c. 2800 BCE – c. 2500 BCE Gilgamesh of Uruk killed the Elamite ruler Humbaba
- c. 2500 BCE Enmebaragesi of Kish subdued Elam
c. 2500 BCE Aga of Kish, the son of Enmebaragesi of Kish, besieged Uruk
c. 2500 BCE Enmerkar of Uruk's year-long siege of Aratta
c. 2500 BCE Dumuzid of Uruk captured Enmebaragesi of Kish single-handed
c. 2500 BCE Enshakushanna of Uruk conquered Hamazi, Akkad, Kish, and Nippur, claiming hegemony over all of Sumer. Enshakushanna was succeeded in Uruk by Lugal-kinishe-dudu, but the hegemony seems to have passed to Eannatum of Lagash for a time
c. 2600 – c. 2316 BCE Umma-Lagash war
- c. 2500 BCE Eannatum of Lagash conquered all of Sumer, including Ur, Nippur, Akshak, Larsa, and Uruk (controlled by Enshakushanna)
- c. 2500 BCE En-anna-tum I of Lagash succeeded his brother Eannatum and defended Lagash against Ur-Lumma of Umma
- c. 2500 BCE Entemena of Lagash succeeded his father En-anna-tum I and re-established Lagash as a power in Sumer. He defeated Illi of Umma, with the aid of Lugal-kinishe-dudu of Uruk (the successor to Enshakushanna)
- c. 2295–2271 BCE (Short chronology) Lugal-zage-si of Umma conquered several of the Sumerian city-states – including Kish, where he overthrew Ur-Zababa; Lagash, where he overthrew Urukagina; Ur, Nippur, and Larsa; as well as Uruk

Lugal-Zage-Si's domains (red), c. 2350 BC

c. 2500 BCE Lugal-Anne-Mundu of Adab subjected the "Four Quarters" of the world – i.e., the entire Fertile Crescent region, from the Mediterranean to the Zagros Mountains

Akkadian Empire edit

c. 2270–2215 BCE (Short chronology) Conquests of Sargon of Akkad

Map of the Akkadian Empire (brown) and the directions in which military campaigns were conducted (yellow arrows)

- 2270 BCE Battle of Uruk
- Syria and Canaan campaigns
- Akkadian conquest of Ebla
- Magan revolt
c. 2214–2206 BCE (Short chronology) Rimush of Akkad faced widespread revolts which he successfully suppressed and launched a victorious campaign against Elam and Marhasi
c. 2205–2191 BCE (Short chronology) Manishtushu of Akkad conquered the city of Shirasum in Elam
c. 2190–2115 BCE (Short chronology) Naram-Sin of Akkad conquered the Lullubi and Majan
c. 2115–2090 BCE (Short chronology) Shar-Kali-Sharri of Akkad launched successful campaigns against Gutium, Amurru, and Elam, among other places
c. 2090–2087 BCE (Short chronology) After Shar-Kali-Sharri's reign, there may have been a short period of crisis or struggle between Igigi, Imi, Nanum, Ilulu
c. 2087–2066 BCE (Short chronology) Dudu of Akkad ended the period of relative anarchy
c. 2066–2051 BCE (Short chronology) Akkad was conquered during the reign of Shu-turul

Gutian period of Sumer edit

c. 2002 BCE (Short chronology) Gutian attacks on the Akkadian Empire

Fifth Dynasty of Uruk edit

1945–1906 BCE Ilu-shuma of Assyria made many raids into southern Mesopotamia
c. 1886–1879 BCE (Short chronology) After defeating the Gutian with the aid of other cities, Utu-hengal of Uruk established himself as the king of Sumer
- c. 1886 BCE (Short chronology) Defeat of Tirigan, the last Gutian ruler in Sumer

Neo-Sumerian Empire edit

Map showing the Ur III state and its influence sphere

c. 1879–1861 BCE (Short chronology) Ur-Nammu of Ur conquered Lagash
c. 1861–1815 BCE (Short chronology) Shulgi of Ur destroyed Der, launched a campaign against Anshan, and engaged in a period of expansionism at the expense of highlanders such as the Lullubi, and others
c. 1830–1817 BCE (Short chronology) The Amorite chieftain Sumu-abum won independence from the city-state Kazallu
c. 1815–1809 BCE (Short chronology) Amar-Sin of Ur launched campaigns conducted against Urbilum, and several other regions with obscure names: Shashrum, Shurudhum, Bitum-Rabium, Jabru, and Huhnuri
c. 1813–1791 BCE Shamshi-Adad I conquered Assur, Mari, Ekallatum, and Shekhna, establishing an empire encompassing the whole of northern Mesopotamia and included territory in central Mesopotamia, Asia Minor and northern Syria
c. 1800–1776 BCE (Short chronology) During the reign of Ibbi-Sin of Ur, the Sumerian empire was attacked repeatedly by Amorites and as faith in Ibbi-Sin's leadership failed, Elam declared its independence and began to raid as well
- c. 1776 BCE (Short chronology) Elamite Sack of Ur

Dynasty of Isin edit

c. 1766 BCE (Short chronology) Ishbi-Erra of Isin reconquered much of the former heartland of Sumer and Akkad from Elam and various invaders

Paleo-Babylonian Empire edit

c. 1752–1730 BCE (Short chronology) Damiq-ilishu of Isin, the last king on the Sumerian King List, is defeated by Sin-Muballit of Babylon
c. 1728–1686 BCE (Short chronology) Hammurabi of Babylon extended Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a series of wars against neighboring kingdoms
c. 1720 BCE Puzur-Sin, an Assyrian vice regent drove out Asinum the Amorite vassal king of the Babylonians from Assyria, allowing the native Ashur-dugul to seize the throne and subsequently triggering a civil war which ended Babylonian and Amorite influence in Assyria by 1720 BCE

Kassite period of Babylonia edit

c. 1531 BCE (Short chronology) Fall of Babylon
c. 1507 BCE (Short chronology) Kassite attacks on Babylon

The extent of the Babylonian Empire during the Kassite dynasty

c. 1232–1225 BCE (Short chronology) Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria defeated Kashtiliash IV, the Kassite king of Babylon and captured the city of Babylon to ensure full Assyrian supremacy over Mesopotamia
c. 1157–1155 BCE (Short chronology) Enlil-nadin-ahi, the final king of the Kassite dynasty that had ruled over Babylon, was defeated by Kutir-Nahhunte of Elam, the successor of Shutruk-Nakhunte

Fourth Babylonian Dynasty edit

c. 1125–1104 BCE (Short chronology) Nebuchadnezzar I of Isin's War with Elam

Meso-Assyrian Empire edit

1114–1076 BCE Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria launched campaigns against the Mushki, the Hittites, and the Arameans
c. 1074 BCE In the first year of the reign of the 89th Assyrian king Ashur-bel-kala, son of Tiglath-Pileser I, Ashur-bel-kala campaigned in the north against the Kingdom of Urartu

Neo-Assyrian Empire edit

911–605 BCE Campaigns of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
- 883–859 BCE Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II
- 859–824 BCE Campaigns of Shalmaneser III

Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its expansions.

- 745–727 BCE Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III
- 722–705 BCE Campaigns of Sargon II
  - 710 BCE Campaign against Babylonia
- 705–681 BCE Campaigns of Sennacherib
  - 703–689 BCE War with Babylon
    - 693 BCE Battle of Diyala River
    - 693 BCE Siege of Babylon
- 681–669 BCE Campaigns of Esarhaddon
- 668–627 BCE Campaigns of Ashurbanipal
- 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani
  - 626 BCE Revolt of Babylon
- 616 BCE Battle of Arrapha
- 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
  - 626–619 BCE Last Strike against Babylon
  - 616–605 BCE War in the Assyrian heartlands
    - 614 BCE Fall of Assur
    - 612 BCE Assur is sacked and largely destroyed during the conquest of Assyria by the Babylonians
    - 612 BCE Battle of Nineveh
- 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
- 612–609 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-uballit II
  - 610 BCE Harran was besieged and conquered by Nabopolassar and Cyaxares
  - 609 BCE Harran was briefly retaken by Ashur-uballit II and his Egyptian allies before it definitely fell to the Median Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire
  - Egyptian-Babylonian wars
    - 605 BCE Battle of Carchemish

Neo-Babylonian Empire edit

The Neo-Babylonian Empire

- 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-etil-ilani
  - 626 BCE Revolt of Babylon
- 616 BCE Battle of Arrapha
- 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
  - 626–619 BCE Last Strike against Babylon
  - 616–605 BCE War in the Assyrian heartlands
    - 614 BCE Fall of Assur
    - 612 BCE Assur is sacked and largely destroyed during the conquest of Assyria by the Babylonians
    - 612 BCE Battle of Nineveh
- 627–624 BCE Campaigns of Sinsharishkun
- 612–609 BCE Campaigns of Ashur-uballit II
  - 610 BCE Harran was besieged and conquered by Nabopolassar and Cyaxares
  - 609 BCE Harran was briefly retaken by Ashur-uballit II and his Egyptian allies before it definitely fell to the Median Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire
  - Egyptian-Babylonian wars
    - 605 BCE Battle of Carchemish

Achaemenid Province of Athura edit

559–530 BCE Campaigns of Cyrus the Great
- September 25, 539 BCE – September 28, 539 BCE Battle of Opis
- October 29, 539 BCE Capture of Babylon

Macedonian Empire edit

335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great

Wars of Alexander the Great

- October 1, 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela

Seleucid Empire edit

322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi
- 311–309 BCE Babylonian War

Parthian Empire edit

238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars
- 238 BCE Parni conquest of Parthia
- 129 BCE Battle of Ecbatana

Roman Province of Mesopotamia edit

Expansion of the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Western Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire

92 BCE – 629 CE Roman–Persian Wars
- - 198 CE Battle of Ctesiphon
  - 243 CE Battle of Resaena
- 66 BCE – 217 CE Roman–Parthian Wars
  - 40–33 BCE Antony's Parthian War
  - 161–166 Roman–Parthian War
  - 216–217 Parthian war of Caracalla
    - 217 CE Battle of Nisibis

Sasanian Province of Asorestan edit

217–502 Roman–Sasanian wars
- Winter of 244 Battle of Misiche
- 253 Battle of Barbalissos
- 260 Battle of Edessa
- 264 Battle of Ctesiphon
- 344 Battle of Satala
- 359 Siege of Singara
- 359 Siege of Amida
- April 27–29, 363 Siege of Pirisabora
- May 29, 363 Battle of Ctesiphon
- June 363 Battle of Samarra

Julian's unsuccessful campaign in 363 resulted in the loss of the Roman territorial gains under the peace treaty of 299.

c. 240–272 Assur is destroyed by the Sasanian king Shapur I
502–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars
- 502–506 Anastasian War
- 526–532 Iberian War
- 572–591 Byzantine–Sasanian War
- c. 602 – c. 628 Byzantine–Sasanian War
633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia

Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn al-Walid's conquest of Iraq in 633

- April 633 Battle of River
- May 633 Battle of Walaja
- May 633 Battle of Ullais
- May 633 Battle of Hira
- 633 Battle of Ayn al-Tamr
- November 633 Battle of Muzayyah
- November 633 Battle of Saniyy
- November 633 Battle of Zumail
- January 634 Battle of Firaz
- November 634 Battle of the Bridge
- November 16–19, 636 Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
- January–March 637 Siege of Ctesiphon
- April 637 Battle of Jalula

Rashidun Caliphate edit

633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia

Expansion of Rashidun Caliphate

- April 633 Battle of River
- May 633 Battle of Walaja
- May 633 Battle of Ullais
- May 633 Battle of Hira
- 633 Battle of Ayn al-Tamr
- November 633 Battle of Muzayyah
- November 633 Battle of Saniyy
- November 633 Battle of Zumail
- January 634 Battle of Firaz
- November 634 Battle of the Bridge
- November 16–19, 636 Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
- January–March 637 Siege of Ctesiphon
- April 637 Battle of Jalula
656–661 First Fitna
- 656 Battle of the Camel
- 659 Battle of Nahrawan

Umayyad Caliphate edit

680–692 Second Fitna
- October 10, 680 Battle of Karbala
- 692 Battle of Maskin
743–750 Third Fitna

The Caliphate at the beginning of the Abbasid revolt, before the Battle of the Zab.

- January 25, 750 Battle of the Zab

Abbasid Caliphate edit

September 762 – February 763 Alid Revolt
809–827 Fourth Fitna
- 812–813 Siege of Baghdad
861–870 Anarchy at Samarra
946 Battle of Baghdad
1157 Siege of Baghdad

Mongol Empire edit

1258 Siege of Baghdad

Expansion of the Mongol Empire

1370–1405 Assyrian people are massacred at Assur by Timur

Ottoman Iraq edit

1532–1555 Ottoman–Safavid War
- 1534 Capture of Baghdad
1623–1639 Ottoman–Safavid War
- 1623 Capture of Baghdad
- 1638 Capture of Baghdad
July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
- October 29, 1914 – October 30, 1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
  - November 6, 1914 – November 14, 1918 Mesopotamian campaign
    - November 6, 1914 Fao Landing
    - November 11–21, 1914 Battle of Basra
    - December 3–9, 1914 Battle of Qurna
    - April 12–14, 1915 Battle of Shaiba

July 1915, British offence in Iraq during World War I

- - - September 28, 1915 Battle of Es Sinn
    - November 22–25, 1915 Battle of Ctesiphon
    - December 7, 1915 – April 29, 1916 Siege of Kut
    - January 6–8, 1916 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad
    - January 13, 1916 Battle of Wadi
    - January 21, 1916 Battle of Hanna
    - March 8, 1916 Battle of Dujaila
    - March 8–11, 1917 Fall of Baghdad
    - February 23, 1917 Second Battle of Kut
    - March 13 – April 23, 1917 Samarra offensive
    - September 28–29, 1917 Battle of Ramadi
    - March 26–27, 1918 Action of Khan Baghdadi
    - October 23–30, 1918 Battle of Sharqat

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration edit

May–October 1920 Iraqi revolt against the British

Kingdom of Iraq edit

1935–1935 1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts
1939-September 2, 1945 World War II
- 1940–1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
  - 1941 Anglo-Iraqi War
    - 1941 Iraq coup d'état
1918-2003 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict
- 1922–1924 Mahmud Barzanji revolts
- 1931–1932 Ahmed Barzani revolt
- 1943–1945 1943 Barzani revolt
1958 14 July Revolution

First Iraqi Republic edit

1959 1959 Mosul uprising
1918-2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
- 1961–1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War
1963 Ramadan Revolution

Ba'athist Iraq edit

1918–2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
- September 11, 1961 – 1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War
- April 1974 – Mid 1975 Second Iraqi–Kurdish War
- 1975–1983 PUK insurgency
- September 1983 – September 1988 Kurdish Rebellion
- May 1994 – November 24, 1997 Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
September 22, 1980 – August 20, 1988 Iran–Iraq War
- 1980 Iraqi invasion
  - September 23, 1980 Operation Kaman 99
  - October 29, 1980 Operation Sultan 10
  - September 30, 1980 Operation Scorch Sword
  - November 28–29, 1980 Operation Morvarid
- 1981 Stalemate
  - April 4, 1981 Attack on H3
- 1982 Iranian offensive
  - Early July 1982 Operation Ramadan
- 1983–85 Strategic stalemate
  - February 6–26, 1983 Operation Before the Dawn
  - April 10, 1983 Operation Dawn 1
  - July 22, 1983 Operation Dawn 2
  - July 30 – August 9, 1983 Operation Dawn 3
  - October 19 – mid November, 1983 Operation Dawn 4
  - Early 1984 Operation Dawn 5
  - February 14 – March 19, 1984 Operation Kheibar
  - February 22–24, 1984 Operation Dawn 6
  - 1984 Battle of the Marshes
  - March 10–20, 1985 Operation Badr
- 1986–87 Duel offensives
  - 1986–89 Al-Anfal Campaign
  - March 16, 1988 Halabja poison gas attack
  - February 9–25, 1986 Operation Dawn 8
  - February 11, 1986 First Battle of al-Faw
  - December 25–27, 1986 Operation Karbala-4
  - January 8 – February 26, 1987 Operation Karbala-5
  - Early 1987 Operation Karbala-6
  - May 1987 Operation Karbala 10
  - May – early June 1987 Operation Nasr 4
- 1988 Final stages
  - Mid-March 1988 Operation Zafar 7
  - April 17, 1988 Second Battle of al-Faw
- 1981 International incidents
  - June 7, 1981 Operation Opera
August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991 Second Persian Gulf War
- 1991 Operation Desert Storm
  - February 15–20, 1991 Battle of Wadi al-Batin
- January 17 – February 23, 1991 Gulf War air campaign
  - January 19, 1991 Package Q Strike
  - February 13, 1991 4:30 am (GMT+3) Amiriyah shelter bombing
- February 24–28, 1991 Liberation of Kuwait campaign
  
  Ground troop movements 24–28 February 1991 during Operation Desert Storm
  - February 26–27, 1991 Battle of 73 Easting
  - February 26, 1991 Battle of Phase Line Bullet
  - February 27, 1991 Battle of Medina Ridge
  - February 27, 1991 Battle for Jalibah Airfield
  - February 27, 1991 Battle of Norfolk
  - March 2, 1991 Battle of Rumaila
  - March 1, 1991 Safwan Airfield Standoff
March 1 – April 5, 1991 Uprisings in Iraq
- March 1 – mid-April 1991 Uprising in Basra
- March 5–19, 1991 Uprising in Karbala
- March 5 – April 3, 1991 Uprising in Sulaymaniyah
- March 11–29, 1991 Uprising in Kirkuk
- March 10–24, 1991 Uprising in Tuz Khormato
1991–2002 Air engagements of the Post Gulf War
- March 20, 1991 – In accordance with the ceasefire, an F-15C shoots down an Iraqi Su-22 bomber with an AIM-9 missile.
- March 22, 1991 – In accordance with the ceasefire, an F-15C shoots down an Iraqi Su-22 bomber with an AIM-9 missile.
- December 27, 1992 – A MiG-25 crossed the no-fly zone and an F-16D shot it down with an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile. It is the first kill with an AIM-120.
- January 17, 1993 – A USAF F-16C shoots down a MiG-23 when the MiG locks the F-16 up.
- January 5, 1999 – A group of four Iraqi MiG-25s crossed the no-fly zones and sparked a dogfight with two patrolling F-15Cs and two patrolling F-14s. A total of six missiles were fired at the MiGs, none of which hit them. The MiGs then bugged out using their superior speed.
- September 9, 1999 – A lone MiG-23 crossed the no-fly zone heading towards a flight of F-14s. One F-14 fired an AIM-54 Phoenix at the MiG but missed and the MiG headed back north.
- December 23, 2002 – In what was the last aerial victory for the Iraqi Air Force before the Invasion of Iraq, an Iraqi MiG-25 destroyed an American UAV RQ-1 Predator after the drone opened fire on the Iraqi aircraft with a Stinger missile.
September 3, 1996 Operation Desert Strike
December 16–19, 1998 Operation Desert Fox
March 20, 2003 – December 15, 2011 Third Persian Gulf War

Map of the invasion routes and major operations/battles of the Iraq War as of 2007.

- March 19 – May 1, 2003 Invasion of Iraq
  - March 21–25, 2003 Battle of Umm Qasr
  - March 20–24, 2003 Battle of Al Faw
  - March 21 – April 6, 2003 Battle of Basra
  - March 23–29, 2003 Battle of Nasiriyah
  - March 24, 2003 Attack on Karbala
  - March 24 – April 4, 2003 Battle of Najaf
  - March 26, 2003 – Operation Northern Delay
  - March 28–30, 2003 Operation Viking Hammer
  - March 30 – April 4, 2003 Battle of Samawah
  - March 31 – April 6, 2003 Battle of Karbala
  - April 2–4, 2003 Battle of the Karbala Gap
  - April 3–12, 2003 Battle of Baghdad
  - April 6, 2003 Battle of Debecka Pass

Coalition Provisional Authority edit

2003–2004 Post-invasion insurgency
- March 20, 2003 – December 7, 2011 Iraq War in Anbar Province
- October 26 – November 24, 2003 Ramadan Offensive
- December 13, 2003 Operation Red Dawn
- April 4 – June 24, 2004 Iraq spring fighting
- April 4 – May 1, 2004 First Battle of Fallujah
- April 4 – May 11, 2008 Siege of Sadr City
- April 6–10, 2004 Battle of Ramadi
- April 17, 2004 Battle of Husaybah
- August 5–27, 2004 Battle of Najaf
- August 5–28, 2004 CIMIC-House
- October 1–3, 2004 Battle of Samarra
- November 7 – December 23, 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah
- November 8–16, 2004 Battle of Mosul

Republic of Iraq edit

2005–06 Post-invasion insurgency
- May 8–19, 2005 Battle of Al Qaim
- August 1–4, 2005 Battle of Haditha
- September 1–18, 2005 Battle of Tal Afar
- June 17 – November 15, 2006 Battle of Ramadi
- August 28, 2006 Battle of Diwaniya
February 2006 – May 2008 Civil war in Iraq
- September 23 – October 22, 2006 Ramadan Offensive
- September 27, 2006 – February 18, 2007 Operation Sinbad
- October 19–20, 2006 Battle of Amarah
- November 15–16, 2006 Battle of Turki
- December 25, 2006 – October 1, 2007 Diyala campaign
- January 6–9, 2007 Battle of Haifa Street
- January 20, 2007 Karbala provincial headquarters raid
- January 28–29, 2007 Battle of Najaf
- February 14 – November 24, 2007 Operation Imposing Law
- February 27 – September 3, 2007 Siege of U.K. bases in Basra
- April 6–10, 2007 Operation Black Eagle
- June 16 – August 14, 2007 Operation Phantom Thunder
- March 10 – August 19, 2007 Battle of Baqubah
- June 30 – July 1, 2007 Battle of Donkey Island
- February 15, 2007 Operation Shurta Nasir
- August 27–29, 2007 Battle of Karbala
- January 8 – July 28, 2008 Operation Phantom Phoenix
- January 18–19, 2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting
- January 23 – July 28, 2008 Ninawa campaign
- March 25 – May 15, 2008 Iraq spring fighting
- March 25–31, 2008 Battle of Basra
- April 15 – May 19, 2008 Al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq

Israel edit

Canaan edit

c. 2061–2010 BCE Military activities in Canaan of the Pharaoh Mentuhotep II
c. 2000 BCE Battle of Siddim
c. April 16, 1457 BCE Battle of Megiddo

The Egyptian Empire at its maximum territorial extent in the 15th century BCE

c. 1290–1279 BCE Seti's military campaigns in Canaan
c. 1279–1213 BCE Campaigns and Battles of Ramesses II

Confederated Tribes of Israel edit

c. 1200 BCE the biblical Battle of Gibeah

United Kingdom of Israel and Judah edit

Different interpretations of what the Bible says about the extent of King David's empire

c. 1050–1010 BCE Saul, according to the Bible king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, fought in a civil war
c. 931–913 BCE Rehoboam, according to the Bible king of the Kingdom of Judah, fought the Kingdom of Israel in a civil war

Kingdom of Judah edit

925 BCE Sack of Jerusalem an event described in the Bible as sacked by biblical Pharaoh Shishaq, who some identify as Shoshenq I of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt.
911–605 BCE Campaigns of the

Neo-Assyrian Empire

- 701 BCE Siege of Lachish
- 701 BCE Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib
- 701 BCE Sennacherib's campaign in Judah
- 635 BCE Fall of Ashdod
601–587 BCE Jewish–Babylonian war
- 597 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
- 587 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II

Babylonian Province of Yehud edit

601–587 BCE Jewish–Babylonian war
- 597 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II
- 587 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II

Persian Province of Yehud Medinata edit

335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
- October 332 BCE Siege of Gaza

Seleucid Empire edit

322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi
- 312 BCE Battle of Gaza
219–217 BCE Fourth Syrian War
- June 22, 217 BCE Battle of Raphia
202–195 BCE Fifth Syrian War
- 200 BCE Battle of Panium
167–160 BCE Maccabean Revolt

Hasmonean Kingdom edit

63 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Pompey the Great, intervening in the Hasmonean civil war on behalf of the Roman Republic.

Herodian Kingdom of Israel edit

37 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Herod the Great, ending Hasmonean rule over Judea.

Roman Tetrarchy of Judea edit

Roman Province of Judea edit

66–136 Jewish–Roman wars
- 66–73 First Jewish–Roman War
  - 70 Siege of Jerusalem by Titus, ending the major phase of the First Jewish–Roman War. It ended in the destruction of Herod's Temple.
- 115–117 Second Jewish–Roman War

Roman Province of Syria Palaestina edit

66–136 Jewish–Roman wars
- 132–136 Third Jewish–Roman War

Byzantine Province of Palaestina Prima edit

c. 602–628 Byzantine–Sasanian War
- 614–628 Jewish revolt against Heraclius
  - 614 Siege of Jerusalem by Shahrbaraz (Sasanian general) capturing the city from the Byzantines, part of the Roman-Persian Wars
Muslim conquests
- 629 – c. 1050 Arab–Byzantine wars
  - 634–638 Muslim conquest of the Levant
    - 637 Siege of Jerusalem by Khalid ibn al-Walid (Rashidun general) under Umar the Great, capturing the city from the Byzantine Empire

Rashidun Province of Jund Filastin edit

637 Siege of Jerusalem by Khalid ibn al-Walid (Rashidun general) under Umar the Great, capturing the city from the Byzantine Empire

Map detailing the route of Khalid ibn Walid's invasion of Northern Syria.

Abbasid Province of Jund Filastin edit

1099–1291 The Crusades
- 1099 First Crusade
  - 1099 Siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, a part of the First Crusade
  - 1099 Battle of Ascalon

Kingdom of Jerusalem edit

1099–1291 The Crusades
- 1096–99 First Crusade
  - 1099 Siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, a part of the First Crusade
  - 1099 Battle of Ascalon
- Inter-Crusade Period
  - September 7, 1101 First Battle of Ramla
  - May 17, 1102 Second Battle of Ramla
  - August 27, 1105 Third Battle of Ramla
  - 1113 Battle of Al-Sannabra
  - 1123 Battle of Yibneh

The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the other Crusader states in the context of the Near East in 1135

- 1145–1149 Second Crusade
- Inter-Crusade Period
  - 1153 Battle of Ascalon
  - November 25, 1177 Battle of Montgisard
  - 1179 Battle of Jacob's Ford
  - July–August 1182 Battle of Belvoir Castle
  - September 1183 Battle of Al-Fule
  - May 1, 1187 Battle of Cresson
  - July 4, 1187 Battle of Hattin
  - 1187 Siege of Jerusalem
- 1189–92 Third Crusade
  - 1189–91 Siege of Acre
  - September 7, 1191 Battle of Arsuf
  - August 8, 1192 Battle of Jaffa
- 1197 German Crusade
- 1212 Children's Crusade
- 1217–21 Fifth Crusade
  - 1218–19 Damietta
- 1228–29 Sixth Crusade
- Aftermath of the Sixth Crusade
  - 1244 Siege of Jerusalem
  - October 17–18, 1244 Battle of La Forbie
- 1251 Shepherds' Crusade
- Late Crusades Period
  - 1265 Fall of Caesarea
  - 1265 Fall of Haifa
  - 1265 Fall of Arsuf
  - April 4 – May 18, 1291 Siege of Acre
- 1271–72 Ninth Crusade
- April 4 – May 18, 1291 Siege of Acre
1260–1300 Mongol raids into Palestine
- September 3, 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut

The 1260 Mongol offensives in the Levant. The early successful attacks on Aleppo and Damascus led to smaller attacks on secondary targets such as Baalbek, al-Subayba, and Ajlun as well as raids against other Palestine towns, perhaps including Jerusalem. Smaller raiding parties reached as far south as Gaza.

Ottoman Eyalet of Damascus edit

1516–17 Ottoman–Mamluk War
- October 28, 1516 Battle of Yaunis Khan
May 17, 1805 – March 2, 1848 Campaigns of Muhammad Ali of Egypt
- 1834 Arab revolt in Palestine

Ottoman Vilayet of Syria edit

July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
- October 29, 1914 – October 30, 1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
  - November 17 – December 30, 1917 Battle of Jerusalem
  - November 18–24, 1917 Battle of Nebi Samwil
  - December 1, 1917 Battle of El Burj
  - December 20–21, 1917 Battle of Jaffa

State of Israel edit

1948–49 1948 Palestine war
- 1948 Siege of Jerusalem
1951–55 Retribution operations
1956 Suez War
1967 Six-Day War
- 1967 Encirclement of Jerusalem
1967–70 War of Attrition
1973 Yom Kippur War
1978 South Lebanon conflict
1982 First Lebanon War
1982–2000 South Lebanon conflict
1987–93 First Intifada
2000–04 Second Intifada
2006 Second Lebanon War
2008–09 Gaza War
2012 Operation Pillar of Defense
2014 Gaza War

Lebanon edit

1279–1213 BCE Campaigns and battles of Ramesses II
1200 BCE Amurru kingdom was destroyed by the Sea Peoples
1948–1949 Arab-Israeli War
1958 Lebanon Crisis
1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War
- 1978 Hundred Days' War
- 1982–1985 Lebanon War
- 1983–1984 Mountain War
- 1985–1988 War of the Camps
1948-ongoing Israeli–Lebanese conflict
- 1985-2000 South Lebanon conflict
- 2006 2006 Lebanon War
- 2007 2007 Lebanon conflict
- 2008 2008 conflict in Lebanon
2010-2012 Arab Spring
- March 15, 2011 – ongoing Syrian Civil War
  - 2011 – 2019 Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
    - June 17, 2011 – 28 August 2017 Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon

Saudi Arabia edit

Conquests of Muhammad and the Rashidun

Muslim conquests edit

Map detailing arenas of Ridda campaigns.

Rashidun Caliphate edit

656–661 First Fitna

Umayyad Caliphate edit

680–692 Second Fitna
743–750 Third Fitna

Abbasid Caliphate edit

September 762 – February 763 Alid Revolt

First Saudi state edit

Ibrahim Pasha's Campaign against the Saudis in Nejd

1746 Battle of Riyadh
1764 Battle of Al-Hayer
1789 Battle of ghrimeel
1793 Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion
1793 – 1798 Invasion of Qatar
April 21 – 1802 or 1801 Invasion of Karbala
1811 Battle of Khakeekera
Early 1811 – 1818 Ottoman–Saudi War

Second Saudi state edit

1821 – 1824 Rebellion against Egypt Eyalet
1865 – 1875 Royal Civil War
1870 – 1871 Al-Hasa Expedition
1883 Battle of Arwa
24 January 1891 Battle of Mulayda

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia edit

1902–1934 Unification of Saudi Arabia
- 13 January 1902 Battle of Riyadh (1902)
- 27 January 1903 Battle of Dilam
- 1903 – 1907 Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907)
- 1910 Battle of Hadia
- 1913 Conquest of al-Hasa (1913)
- 17 January 1915 Battle of Jarrab
- 1915 Battle of Kinzaan
- July 1918 – 4 July 1919 First Saudi–Hashemite War
- 1919 – 1920 Kuwait-Najd War
- 1921 Second Saudi–Rashidi War
- September 1924 – December 1925 Second Saudi-Hashemite War
- 1927 – 1930 Ikhwan Revolt
1934 Saudi–Yemeni War
1948–1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War
1962–1970 North Yemen Civil War
1969 Al-Wadiah War
1973 Yom Kippur War
1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War
1979 Grand Mosque seizure
1979 1979 Qatif uprising
1979–1983, 2011–2020 Qatif conflict
1991 Gulf War
2009-2010 Operation Scorched Earth
2014-ongoing Military intervention against ISIL
2015-ongoing Yemeni Civil War
2017–2020 Qatif unrest

Syria edit

Chalcolithic period of Mesopotamia edit

c. 3500 BCE Battle at Hamoukar

Akkadian Empire edit

c. 2270–2215 BCE (Short chronology) Conquests of Sargon of Akkad

Sargon of Akkad's conquests.

- Akkadian conquest of Ebla

Hittite Empire edit

The Assyrians, the Mitanni, the Egyptians, and the Hittite Empire in the 14th century BCE

c. 1282 BCE Capture of Kadesh
Second Syrian campaign of Ramesses II
- Late May 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh

Neo-Assyrian Empire edit

854–846 BCE Assyrian conquest of Aram
- 853 BCE Battle of Qarqar

Seleucid Empire edit

274–168 BCE Syrian Wars
- 274–271 BCE First Syrian War
- 260–253 BCE Second Syrian War
- 246–241 BCE Third Syrian War
- 219–217 BCE Fourth Syrian War
- 202–195 BCE Fifth Syrian War
- 170–168 BCE Sixth Syrian War

French Mandate of Syria edit

Syrian Arab Republic edit

1967 Six-Day War
1973 Yom Kippur War
1979–1982 Islamist uprising in Syria
March 15, 2011 – ongoing Syrian Civil War
- April 25 – May 5, 2011 Siege of Daraa
- May 6, 2011 – March 27, 2017 Siege of Homs
- May 7–14, 2011 Siege of Baniyas

Turkey edit

Hittite Empire edit

1650–1600 BCE Conquests of Hattusili I and Mursili I
1430–1350 BCE Kaska invasions of Hatti

The Hittite Empire, c. 1400 BCE (shown in Blue).

1260–1240 BCE Trojan War

Kingdom of Diaokhi edit

Lydian Empire edit

May 28, 585 BCE Battle of Halys

Achaemenid Empire edit

547 BCE Siege of Sardis
499–449 BCE Greco-Persian Wars
- 499–493 BCE Ionian Revolt
- 492–490 BCE First Persian invasion of Greece
- 480–478 BCE Second Persian invasion of Greece
  - August 27, 479 BCE Battle of Mycale
- 477–449 BCE Wars of the Delian League
  - 466 BCE or 469 BCE Battle of the Eurymedon

Macedonian Empire edit

335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
- May 334 BCE Battle of the Granicus
- 334 BCE Siege of Miletus
- 334 BCE Siege of Halicarnassus
- November 5, 333 BCE Battle of Issus

The Siege of Miletus and the Battle of Issus are shown on this map of the Achaemenid Empire around the time of Darius the Great and Xerxes.

Seleucid Empire edit

322–275 BCE Wars of the Diadochi
238–129 BCE Seleucid–Parthian wars

Roman Republic edit

192–188 BCE Roman–Syrian War
92 BCE – 629 CE Roman-Persian Wars
- June 8, 218 CE Battle of Antioch
- 260 Battle of Edessa
- 344 Siege of Singara
- 359 Siege of Amida

Expansion of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

Kingdom of Pontus edit

88–63 BCE Mithridatic Wars
- 88–84 BCE First Mithridatic War
- 83–81 BCE Second Mithridatic War
  - 82 BCE Battle of Halys
- 75–63 BCE Third Mithridatic War

Roman Empire edit

66–217 Roman-Parthian Wars
- June 53 BCE Battle of Carrhae
- 39 BCE Battle of the Cilician Gates
- 39 BCE Battle of Amanus Pass

Byzantine Empire edit

Territorial development of the Roman Empire between the years CE 300 and 1453 (Animated map).

421–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars
- 421–422 Roman–Sasanian War
- 502–506 Anastasian War
- 526–532 Iberian War
- 572–591 Roman–Persian War
- 602–628 Byzantine–Sasanian War
  - 610 Antioch riots
  - 613 Battle of Antioch
  - 610–628 Jewish revolt against Heraclius
  - 615 Shahin's invasion of Asia Minor
  - 622 Heraclius' campaign
  - 602–628 Byzantine assault on Persia
  - 626 Siege of Constantinople
  - 627–629 Third Perso-Turkic War
629–1050s Arab–Byzantine wars
- 674–678 Siege of Constantinople
- 717–718 Siege of Constantinople
- 804–805 Battle of Krasos
- 838 Battle of Anzen
- 838 Sack of Amorium
- 863 Battle of Lalakaon
- John Kourkouas' campaigns
  - 926–930 First Melitene campaign and conquest of Kalikala
  - 931–934 Second Malitene campaign
- Sayf al-Dawla campaigns
  - 944 Conquest of Aleppo
  - 953 Battle of Marash
  - 962 Siege of Aleppo

Seljuq Empire edit

1048–1308 Byzantine–Seljuq wars
- August 26, 1071 Battle of Manzikert

Seljuk Empire in its zenith in 1092, upon the death of Malik Shah I

1090–1194 Nizari–Seljuk conflicts

Sultanate of Rum edit

1095–1099 First Crusade
- July 1, 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum
1145–1149 Second Crusade
- October 25, 1147 Battle of Dorylaeum
1048–1308 Byzantine–Seljuq wars
- September 17, 1176 Battle of Myriokephalon
- 1207 Siege of Antalya
- 1203 Siege of Constantinople
- 1204 Siege of Constantinople

Expansion of the Sultanate of Rum in c. 1100–1240

Latin Empire edit

1204–1261 Bulgarian–Latin wars
- 1235 Siege of Constantinople
Nicaean–Latin Wars
- 1260 Siege of Constantinople

Ottoman Empire edit

Greatest extent (red) with vassal states (light red) of the Ottoman Empire in 1590s.

1265–1479 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
- 1265–1328 Rise of the Ottomans
- 1328–1341 Byzantium counter
  - 1331 Siege of Nicaea
  - 1333–1337 Siege of Nicomedia
- 1341–1371 Balkan invasion and civil war
- 1371–1394 Byzantine civil war and vassalage
- 1394–1424 Resumption of hostilities
  - 1422 Siege of Constantinople
- 1424–1453 Ottoman campaign on Constantinopolis
  - April 6, 1453 – May 29, 1453 Fall of Constantinople
1893 Battle of Al Wajbah
1893–1908 Macedonian Struggle
1894 1894 Sasun rebellion
1894–1897 Hamidian massacres
- 1895–1896 Zeitun rebellion (1895–96)
1897 Greco-Turkish War (1897)
1903 Theriso revolt
1903 Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising
1904 1904 Sasun uprising
1905 Shoubak revolt of 1905
1906 Ottoman invasion of Persia (1906)
1908 Young Turk Revolution
1909 31 March Incident
1909–1910 Hauran Druze Rebellion
1910 Albanian revolt of 1910
1910 Karak revolt
1911 Albanian revolt of 1911
1911–1912 Italo-Turkish War
1912 Albanian revolt of 1912
1912–1913 Balkan Wars
- 1912–1913 First Balkan War
  - 1912 Battle of Kumanovo
  - 1912 Battle of Prilep
  - 1912 Battle of Monastir
  - 1912–1913 Siege of Adrianople
  - 1912–1913 Siege of Scutari
- 1913 Second Balkan War
1914–1918 World War I
- 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
  - 1914–1918 Caucasus campaign
  - 1914–1918 Mesopotamian campaign
  - 1914–1918 South Arabia during World War I
  - 1914–1918 Persian Campaign
  - 1915–1918 Sinai and Palestine campaign
  - 1915–1916 Gallipoli campaign
  - 1916–1918 Arab Revolt
1919–1923 Turkish War of Independence
- 1918–1922 Franco-Turkish War
- 1919–1922 Greco-Turkish War
- 1919–1920 [Revolt of Ahmet Anzavur]
- 1920 Turkish-Armenian War
- 1920 Battle of Geyve
- 1920 Konya rebellion

Republic of Turkey edit

1921 Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
- 1921 Koçgiri rebellion
- 1924 Beytussebab rebellion
- 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion
- 1927–1930 Ararat rebellion
- 1937–1938 Dersim rebellion
- 1978-ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)
- 1990-ongoing Serhildan
- 2015-ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
1960 1960 Turkish coup d'état
1962 February 22, 1962 uprising
1963 May 20, 1963 uprising
1969 20 May 1969 coup attempt
1971 1971 Turkish military memorandum
1963–1964 Cypriot intercommunal violence
1972-ongoing Maoist insurgency in Turkey
- 1990-present DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey
1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus
1980 1980 Turkish coup d'état
1997 1997 Turkish military memorandum
1993-ongoing Turkish government–Gülen movement conflict
- 2013 Gezi Park protests
- 2016 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
- 2016-ongoing Purges in Turkey (2016–present)

Central Asia edit

Afghanistan edit

Ghaznavids edit

962 Ghaznavid Empire

Afghan Empires and the Great Game edit

Russian Empire edit

1916–1934 Basmachi movement

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics edit

1916–1934 Basmachi movement
1979–1988 Soviet–Afghan War

Kazakhstan edit

1068 Battle of the Alta River
1382 Siege of Moscow (1382)
1916–1934 Basmachi movement
1917–1923 Russian Civil War
- 1917–1920 Alash Orda

Kyrgyzstan edit

1898 Andijan uprising of 1898
1916 Central Asian revolt of 1916
1990 Osh riots
1999 Batken Conflict
2005 Tulip Revolution
2010 Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010
- 2010 2010 South Kyrgyzstan riots

Tajikistan edit

Dayuan edit

104–101 BCE War of the Heavenly Horses

The Dayuan (in Ferghana) was one of the three advanced civilizations of Central Asia around 130 BCE, together with Parthia and Greco-Bactria, according to the Chinese historical work Book of Han.

Tajikistan edit

1992–1997 Tajikistani Civil War
2010-2012 Tajikistan insurgency

Turkmenistan edit

Seljuk-Ghaznavid Wars
- 1040 Battle of Dandanaqan
1916–1934 Basmachi Movement

Uzbekistan edit

Sogdia edit

335–323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great
- 327 BCE Siege of the Sogdian Rock

Sogdia, c. 300 BC.

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom edit

Yuezhi Kingdom edit

162 BCE Yuezhi expansion

The migrations of the Yuezhi through Central Asia, from around 176 BC to AD 30.

Indo-Greek Kingdom edit

36 BCE Battle of Sogdiana

Kushan Empire edit

1st and 2nd Centuries CE Kushan expansion

Rouran Khaganate edit

Origin and expansion

Göktürk Khaganate edit

Khwarazmian dynasty edit

1216–1221 Mongol invasion of Central Asia

Mongol Empire edit

1262 Berke–Hulagu war

Timurid dynasty edit

1370 Siege of Balkh

Zunghar Khanate edit

Conquest of the Tarim Basin and war with the Central Asians

Russian Empire edit

The Great Game
1916–1934 Basmachi movement

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics edit

1916–1934 Basmachi movement

Russian Empire edit

1916–1934 Basmachi movement

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics edit

1916–1934 Basmachi movement
1979–1988 Soviet–Afghan War

East Asia edit

China edit

Longshan culture edit

2852–2070 BCE Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors Period
- c. 2500 BCE Battle of Banquan
- c. 2500 BCE Battle of Zhuolu

Xia dynasty edit

c. 1628–1600 BCE Rise of Shang
- c. 1600 BCE Battle of Mingtiao

Shang dynasty edit

c. 1628–1600 BCE Rise of Shang
- c. 1600 BCE Battle of Mingtiao
c. 1046 BC\
- c. 1046 BCE Battle of Muye

Remnants of advanced, stratified societies dating back to the Shang found primarily in the Yellow River Valley

Zhou dynasty edit

c. 1046 BCE Foundation of the Zhou dynasty
- c. 1046 BCE Battle of Muye
771–476 BCE Spring and Autumn period
- 632 BCE Battle of Chengpu
- 595 BCE Battle of Bi
- 588 BCE Battle of An
- 575 BCE Battle of Yanling
- 506 BCE Battle of Boju
- 4th century BCE Gojoseon–Yan War
- 478 BCE Battle of Lize
475–221 BCE Warring States period
- 453 BCE Battle of Jinyang
- 353 BCE Battle of Guiling
- 342 BCE Battle of Maling
- 293 BCE Battle of Yique
- 260 BCE Battle of Changping
- 230–221 BCE Qin's wars of unification

Qin dynasty edit

215 BCE Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu
214 BCE Qin's campaign against the Yue tribes
209 BCE Dazexiang Uprising

Qin dynasty, c. 210 BC.

Han dynasty edit

206–202 BCE Chu–Han Contention
- 207 BCE Battle of Julu
- 205 BCE Battle of Pengcheng
- 205 BCE Battle of Jingxing
- 203 BCE Battle of Wei River
- 202 BCE Battle of Gaixia
- 200 BCE Battle of Baideng
154 BCE Rebellion of the Seven States
133 BCE – 89 Han–Xiongnu War
- 133 BCE Battle of Mayi
- 119 BCE Battle of Mobei
- 99 BCE Battle of Tian Shan
- 67 BCE Battle of Jushi
- 36 BCE Battle of Zhizhi
- 73 CE Battle of Yiwulu
- 89 CE Battle of Ikh Bayan

The Han Empire in 87 BCE (core provinces in brown), with commanderies (red dots) and protectorates (green dots) shown

2nd century BCE Southward expansion of the Han dynasty
- 111 BCE Han–Nanyue War
109–108 BCE Han-Gojoseon War
17–25 CE Lülin Rebellion
- 23 Battle of Kunyang
189–220 End of the Han dynasty
- 184 Yellow Turban Rebellion
- 190 Campaign against Dong Zhuo
  - 190 Battle of Xingyang
- 191 Battle of Yangcheng
- 191 Battle of Jieqiao
- 191 Battle of Xiangyang
- 193 Battle of Fengqiu
- 194 Battle of Yan Province
- 194 Sun Ce's conquests in Jiangdong
- 197 Battle of Wancheng
- 198 Battle of Rangcheng
- 198 Battle of Xiapi
- 199 Battle of Yijing
- 199 Campaign against Yuan Shu
- 200 Battle of Guandu
- 202 Battle of Bowang
- 208 Battle of Xiakou
- 208 Battle of Changban
- 208 Battle to the Southwest of Xiakou
- 208 Battle of Red Cliffs
- 209 Battle of Jiangling
- 211 Battle of Tong Pass
- 213 Siege of Jicheng
- 213 Battle of Lucheng
- 214 Liu Bei's takeover of Yi Province
- 215 Battle of Baxi
- 215 Battle of Yangping
- 217 Battle of Xiaoyao Ford
- 218 Battle of Ruxu
- 219 Battle of Mount Dingjun
- 219 Battle of Han River
- 219 Battle of Fancheng
- 219 Lü Meng's invasion of Jing Province

Wei dynasty edit

220–280 Three Kingdoms
- 222 Battle of Xiaoting
- 225 Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign
- Spring 228 – August 234 Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions
  - 228 Battle of Tianshui
  - 228 Battle of Jieting
  - 228 Battle of Shiting
  - 229 Siege of Chencang
  - 234 Battle of Wuzhang Plains
- 227–228 Xincheng Rebellion
- 244 Battle of Xingshi
- 247–262 Jiang Wei's Northern Expeditions

The territories of Cao Wei (in yellow), 262 CE.

- - 255 Battle of Didao
- 263 Conquest of Shu by Wei

Jìn dynasty edit

220–280 Three Kingdoms
- 280 Conquest of Wu by Jin
291 War of the Eight Princes
304–439 Sixteen Kingdoms
- 304 Wu Hu uprising
- 354 Huan Wen's expeditions
- 383 Battle of Fei River
- 395 Battle of Canhe Slope
- 409 Liu Yu's expeditions

Liu Song dynasty edit

420–589 Southern and Northern Dynasties
- 537 Battle of Shayuan

Sui dynasty edit

602 Ly–Sui War
598–614 Goguryeo–Sui War
617–621 Transition from Sui to Tang
- 617 Battle of JYP against Sahyo
- 621 Battle of Hulao

Tang dynasty edit

Emperor Taizong's campaign against the oasis states (640–648)

China under the Tang dynasty c. 700 AD

629–630 Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks
- 630 Battle of Yinshan
640–657 Tang campaigns against the Western Turks
- 640–648 Tang campaign against the oasis states
- 640 Conquest of Karakhoja
- 644–648 Conquest of Karasahr
- 648–649 Conquest of Kucha
- 657 Battle of Irtysh River
- 657 Conquest of the Western Turks
645–668 Goguryeo–Tang War
- 645 Siege of Yodong
- 645 Siege of Ansi
- 668 Siege of Pyongyang
660–663 Baekje-Tang War
- 663 Battle of Baekgang
670 Battle of Dafei River
698 Battle of Tianmenling
7th century – 8th century Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
- 717 Battle of Aksu
- 751 Battle of Talas
745–749 Siege of Shibao fortress
December 16, 755 – February 17, 763 An Lushan Rebellion
- 756 Battle of Tong Pass
- 756 Battle of Yongqiu
- 757 Battle of Suiyang
- 757 Battle of Xiangjisi
- 758–759 Battle of Xiangzhou
- 762 Battle of Luoyang
801–802 Battle of Weizhou
819 Battle of Yanzhou
874–884 Huang Chao Rebellion

Song dynasty edit

1129–1141 Yue Fei's campaign against Jin
November 1125 – 13th century Jin–Song Wars
- 1161 Battle of Tangdao
- 1161 Battle of Caishi
1235–1279 Song–Yuan wars
- 1273 Battle of Xiangyang
- 1279 Battle of Yamen

Liao dynasty edit

November 15, 976 – May 8, 997 Military campaigns of Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty
- 979–982 First campaign against Liao dynasty
  - 979 Battle of Gaoliang River
- 982–988 Second campaign against Liao dynasty
  - 986 Chi go Pass Campaign
February 12, 1101 – March 26, 1125 Reign of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao
- 1114–1122 Jurchen invasion
- 1123–1125 End of Liao dynasty

Jin dynasty edit

1206–1337 Mongol conquests
- 1211–1234 Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty
  - 1211 Battle of Yehuling
  - 1215 Battle of Zhongdu

Yuan dynasty edit

Yuan dynasty in 1294

1351 Red Turban Rebellion
- August 30 – October 4, 1363 Battle of Lake Poyang

Ming dynasty edit

1381 Ming conquest of Yunnan
1300s–1400s Miao Rebellions
1399–1402 Jingnan Campaign
1400s–1500s Ming–Turpan conflict
1406–1407 Ming–Hồ War
1405–1433 Treasure voyages
- 1410 Ming–Kotte War
1206–1337 Mongol invasions
- 1449 Battle of Tumu Fortress
1510 Prince of Anhua rebellion
1519 Prince of Ning rebellion
1521 First Battle of Tamao
1522 Second Battle of Tamao
1618–1683 Manchu conquest of China
- 1619 Battle of Sarhu
- 1626 Battle of Ningyuan
- 1640 Battle of Songjin
- 1644 Battle of Shanhai Pass
1633 Battle of the Southern Fujian Sea
1642 Battle of Nanyang
1644 Occupied Beijing

Qing dynasty edit

1652–1689 Sino–Russian border conflicts
1674–1681 Revolt of the Three Feudatories
1683 Battle of Penghu
1690–1757 First Oirat–Manchu War
- September 3, 1690 Battle of Ulan Butung
- 1696 Battle of Zuunmod
1718 Battle of the Salween River
1747–1792 Ten Great Campaigns
1796 White Lotus Rebellion
1839–1842 First Anglo-Chinese War
- 1839 First Battle of Chuenpi
- 1840 Capture of Chusan
- 1840 Battle of the Barrier
- 1841 Second Battle of Chuenpi
- 1841 Battle of the Bogue
- 1841 Battle of First Bar
- 1841 Battle of Whampoa
- March 1841 Battle of Canton
- May 1841 Battle of Canton
- 1841 Battle of Amoy
- 1841 Capture of Chusan
- 1841 Battle of Chinhai
- 1842 Battle of Ningpo
- 1842 Battle of Tzeki
- 1842 Battle of Chapu
- 1842 Battle of Woosung
- 1842 Battle of Chinkiang
1851–1864 Taiping Rebellion
- 1850 Jintian Uprising
- 1853 Battle of Nanjing
- 1856 First rout the Army Group Jiangnan
- 1858 Battle of Sanhe
- 1860 Second rout the Army Group Jiangnan
- 1861 Battle of Anqing
- 1861 Battle of Guanzhong
- 1861 Battle of Shanghai
- 1862 Battle of Cixi
- 1863 Battle of Suzhou
- 1863 Battle of Changzhou
- 1864 Third Battle of Nanking
- 1864 Hubei Pocket
- 1865 Fujian Pocket
1856–1873 Panthay Rebellion
1862–1877 Dungan Revolt
- 1870 Battle of Ürümqi
1864–1869 Nien Rebellion
- 1867 Battle of Inlon River
1856–1860 Second Anglo-Chinese War
- 1856 Pearl River Forts
- 1857 Fatshan Creek
- 1858 First Battle of Taku Forts
- 1859 Second Battle of Taku Forts
- 1860 Third Battle of Taku Forts
- 1860 Battle of Palikao
August 1884 – April 1885 Franco-Chinese War
- 1883 Sơn Tây Campaign
- 1883 Battle of Paper Bridge
- 1884 Bắc Ninh Campaign
- 1884 Bắc Lệ ambush
- 1884 Battle of Fuzhou
- 1884 Kep Campaign
- 1884 Keelung Campaign
- 1885 Lạng Sơn Campaign
- 1885 Battle of Shipu
- 1885 Battle of Zhenhai
- 1885 Siege of Tuyên Quang
- 1885 Battle of Hòa Mộc
- 1885 Battle of Bang Bo
- 1885 Battle of Phu Lam Tao
- 1885 Keelung Campaign
- 1885 Pescadores Campaign

The Qing Empire in 1890

1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War
- 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei
1895–1896 Dungan Revolt
1899–1901 Boxer Rebellion
- 1900 Battle of Taku Forts
- 1900 Battle of Tientsin
- 1900 Battle of Shanhaiguan
- 1900 Battle of Beicang
- 1900 Battle of Yangcun
- 1900 Battle of Yingkou
- 1900 Battles on Amur River
- 1900 Battle of Peking
- 1900 Seymour Expedition
- 1900 Siege of the International Legations
February 8, 1904 – 5 September 5, 1905 Russo-Japanese War
1911–1912 Xinhai Revolution
- 1911 Wuchang Uprising

Republic of China edit

October 10, 1911 – February 12, 1912 Xinhai Revolution
1916–1928 Warlord Era
- 1926–1928 Northern Expedition
1927–1950 Chinese Civil War
September 18, 1931 – February 27, 1932 Japanese invasion of Manchuria
- September 18, 1931 – February 18, 1932 Mukden Incident
April 1933 – December 1936 Actions in Inner Mongolia
- January 1 – May 31, 1933 Defense of the Great Wall
July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945 Second Sino-Japanese War
September 1, 1939 – 2 September 2, 1945 World War II
- 1937–1945 Pacific War
- 1942–1945 China Burma India Theater of World War II

People's Republic of China edit

Area controlled by the People's Republic of China shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.

1950–1991 Cold War
- 1950–1953 Korean War
- 1969 Sino–Soviet border conflict
- 1967 Chola incident
- 1962 Sino-Indian War
- 1964 Battle of the Paracel Islands
- 1979, 1984 Sino-Vietnamese War
- 1987 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish
- 1988 Johnson South Reef Skirmish
Xinjiang Conflict (ongoing)

Japan edit

c. 7th century BCE Emperor Jinmu's Expedition
c. 1st century BCE Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion
c. 1st century – early 2nd century Yamato Takeru Expedition
146–189 or 178–184 Civil War of Wa
c. 3rd century Empress Jingu Expedition
391-404 Goguryeo-Yamato Guerra
463 Kibi Clan Rebellion
479 Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion
527-528 Iwai Rebellion
534 Musashi no Kuni no Miyatsuko Rebellion
587 Battle of Shigisan
645 Isshi Incident
658-660 Abe's expedition to Hirafu
August 27–28, 663 Battle of Baekgang
672 Jinshin Guerra
720-721 Hayato Rebellion
740 Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion
764 Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion
774-811 Thirty-Eight Year Guerra
780-781? Hoki Rebellion
788 Battle of Subuse
801 Conquest by Sakanoue in Tamuramaro
811 Last Conquest by Funya on Watamaro
878 Gangyo Rebellion
893 Kanbyo Silla pirate invasion
936-941 Johei-Tengyo Rebellion
947 Fujiwara no Koresuke Rebellion
1019 Toi invasion
1028–1030 Taira no the Tadatsune Rebellion
1051–1062 Zenkunen Guerra
1051 Battle of Onikiribe
1057 Battle of Kinomi
1062 Siege of Komatsu
1062 Siege of Koromogawa
1062 Siege of Kuriyagawa
1070 Enkyu Battle of Ezo
1083–1087 Gosannen Guerra
1087 Siege of Kanezawa
1107–1108 Minamoto no Yoshichika Rebellion
1156 Hogen Rebellion
1159 Heiji Rebellion
1180–1185 Genpei War
- 1180 Battle of Ishibashiyama
- 1180 Battle of Fujigawa
- 1181 Battle of Sunomata-gawa
- 1183 Battle of Kurikara
- 1184 Siege of Hōjūjidono
- 1184 Battle of Uji
- 1184 Battle of Awazu
- 1184 Battle of Ichi-no-Tani
- 1184 Battle of Kojima
- 1185 Battle of Yashima
- 1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura
1189 Ōshū War
1213 Wada Rebellion
1247 Miura Rebellion
1221 Jōkyū War
1221 Battle of Uji
1274–1281 Mongol invasions of Japan
- 1274 Battle of Bun'ei
- 1281 Battle of Kōan
1331–1333 Genkō War
- 1331 Siege of Kasagi
- 1331 Siege of Akasaka
- 1333 Siege of Chihaya
- 1333 Battle of Bubaigawara
- 1333 Siege of Kamakura
- 1335 Nakasendai Rebellion
- 1336 Battle of Tatarahama
- 1336 Battle of Minatogawa
- 1337 Siege of Kanegasaki
- 1338 Battle of Ishiku
- 1348 Battle of Shijō Nawate
- 1350–1352 Incident Kannō
- 1351 Battle of Uchidehama
- 1359 Battle of Chikugogawa
- 1399 Ōei Rebellion
- 1416–1417 Rebellion of Uesugi Zenshū
- 1438–1439 Eikyō Rebellion
- 1440 Siege of Yūki
- 1441 Incident Kakitsu
- 1456–1457 Koshamain's Revolt
1455–1482 Kyōtoku Incident
- 1455 Battle of Bubaigawara
- 1459–1477 Battle of Irako
- 1476–1480 Nagao Kageharu Rebellion
- 1477 Battle of Egota-Numabukurohara
1467 Ōnin War
- 1487–1505 Chōkyō Incident
- 1504 Battle of Tachigawara
- 1506 Battle of Kuzuryūgawa
- 1509 Battle of Nyoigatake
- 1510 Battle of Nagamorihara
- 1510 Siege of Gongenyama
- 1516 Siege of Arai
- 1517 Battle of Arita-Nakaide
- 1521 Battle of Iidagawara
- 1523 Ningbo Turmoil
- 1527 Battle of Katsuragawa
- 1539 Battle of Tatenawate
- 1531 Battle of Shiokawa no gawara
- 1531 Kyoroku War
- 1531 Battle of Daimotsu
- 1532–1535 Tenbun War
- 1532 Siege of Iimoriyama
- 1532 Siege of Sakai
- 1532 Siege of Yamashina Honganji
- 1535 Battle of Idano
- 1536 Battle of Un no Kuchi
- 1536 Battle of Sanbuichigahara
- 1536 Hanakura Incident
- 1536 Battle of Sendanno
- 1536 Battle of Un no kuchi
- 1537 Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama
- 1538 Battle of Kōnodai
- 1540–1541 Siege of Koriyama
- 1542 Battle of Azukizaka
- 1542–1543 Siege of Toda Castle
- 1542–1548 Utsuro Rebellion
- 1546 Battle of Kawagoe
- 1546 Battle of Odaihara
- 1548 Battle of Azukizaka
- 1548 Battle of Uedahara
- 1550 Siege of Toishi
- 1552 Battle of Kaizu
- 1553, 1555, 1557, 1561, 1564 Battles of Kawankajima
- 1554 Battle of Enshu-Omori
- 1555 Battle of Ino
- 1555 Battle of Miyajima
- 1556 Battle of Nagaragawa
- 1558 Battle of Ukino
- 1558 Siege of Terabe
- 1564 Battle of Kōnodai
- 1566 Siege of Minowa
- 1568 Siege of Hachigata
- 1569 Battle of Mimasetoge
- 1571 Battle of Takehiro
- 1572 Siege of Iwamura Castle
- 1578 Battle of Mimigawa
- 1584 Battle of Okitanawate
- 1589 Battle of Suriagehara
1467–1573 Sengoku period
1568–1603 Azuchi–Momoyama period
- 1560 Battle of Okehazama
- 1575 Battle of Nagashino
- 1582 Battle of Yamazaki
- 1600 Battle of Sekigahara
1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea
- 1592–1593 Battle of Bunroku
- 1592 Battle of Hansan Island
- 1592 Siege of Busanjin
- 1592 Battle of Dadaejin
- 1592 Siege of Dongnae
- 1592 Battle of Sangju
- 1592 Battle of Chungju
- 1592 Battle of the Imjin River
- 1592 Gangwon campaign
- 1593 Battle of Haenju
- 1597–1598 Battle of Keicho
- 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang
- 1597–1598 Siege of Ulsan
- 1598 Battle of Sacheon
- 1598 Battle of Noryang
1600 Battle of Sekigahara
- Siege of Fushimi
- Battle of Gifu Castle
- Siege of Ueda
1609 Ryukyu's invasion
1614–1615 Siege of Osaka
1637–1638 Shimabara Rebellion
1868–1869 Boshin War
1874 Saga Rebellion
1876 Shinpūren Rebellion
1876 Akizuki Rebellion
1876 Hagi Rebellion
1877 Satsuma Rebellion
1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War
- 1894 Battle of Pungdo
- 1894 Battle of Seonghwan
- 1894 Battle of Pyongyang
- 1894 Battle of Yalu River
- 1894 Battle of Jiuliancheng
- 1894 Battle of Lushunkou
- 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei
- 1895 Battle of Yingkou
- 1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan
- 1895 Campaign Fishermen
- 1895 Battle of Keelung
- 1895 Hsinchu Campaign
- 1895 Battle of Baguashan
- 1895 Battle of Chiayi
- 1895 Battle of Chiatung
- 1895 Capitulation of Tainan
- 1895 Battle of Changhsing
- 1904–1905 Battle of Port Arthur
- 1904 Battle of Yalu River
- 1904 Battle of the Yellow Sea
- 1904 Battle of Nanshan
- 1904 Battle of Shantung
- 1904 Battle of Dairen
- 1904 Battle of Liaoyang
- 1905 Battle of Tsushima
- 1905 Battle of Mukden
- 1907 Namdaemun Battle
- 1914 Siege of Tsingtao
- 1920 Battle of Qingshanli
- 1920 Battle of Fengwudong
- 1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident
- 1937 Battle of Beiping – Tianjin
- 1937 Battle of Shanghai
- 1937 Battle of Pingxingguan
- 1937 Battle of Nanjing
- 1937 Battle of Taiyuan
- 1937 Battle of Xuzhou
- 1938 Battle of Taierzhuang
- 1938 Battle of Wuhan
- 1938 Battle of Canton
- 1939 Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan Incident)
- 1939 Battle of Changsha
- 1940 Offensive of one hundred regiments
1899–1901 Boxer Rebellion
1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War
1914–1918 World War I
- 1914 Siege of Tsingtao
1937–1945 World War II
- 1937–1945 Second Sino-Japanese War
- 1939–1945 Pacific War
- 1938–1945 Soviet-Japanese Border Wars
- 1942 Battle of Midway

Korea edit

108 BCE Wiman Joseon–Han War
57 BCE–668 CE Conflicts of Three Kingdoms
- 391–413 King Gwanggaeto conquests
598–614 Goguryeo–Sui War
- 612 Battle of Salsu
645–668 Goguryeo–Tang War
- 645 Siege of Yodong
- 645 Siege of Ansi
- 668 Siege of Pyongyang
892–936 Conflicts of Later Three Kingdoms
993–1019 Goryeo–Khitan War
1104–1107 Jurchen campaigns
1231–1259 Mongol invasions of Korea
December 1359 – November 1360 Red Turban invasions of Goryeo
1396 Second Tsushima Expedition
1419 Third Tsushima Expedition
1443 Joseon Northern Expedition
1510 Sampo Invasion
1592–1598 Japanese-Korean War (1592–98)
- 1592 Siege of Busan
- 1592 Siege of Dongnae
- 1592 Battle of Sangju
- 1592 Battle of Chungju
- 1592 Battle of the Imjin River
- 1592 Joseon naval campaigns
- 1592 Siege of Jinju
- 1593 Siege of Haengju
- 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang
- 1598 Battle of Noryang Point
1618–1683 Ming-Manchu War
1627 First Manchurian-Korean War
1636 Second Manchurian-Korean War
1866 French campaign against Korea
1871 United States expedition to Korea
1875 Ganghwa Island incident
1882 Imo Incident
1884 Gapsin Coup
1894–1895 Donghak Peasant Revolution
1900 Boxer Rebellion
1902 Korean Invasion of Manchuria
1905 Eulsa Righteous War
1907 Jeungmi Righteous War
1909 Great Korean Militia Roundup Campaign
1910 Japanese annexation of Korea
1910–1945 Korean Liberation Army And Japanese war
1920 Battle of Fengwudong
1920 Battle of Chongsanli
1921 Massacre of Svobodny
1945– Korean conflict
1950–1953 (De jure: 2019) Korean War
1966–1969 Korean DMZ conflict
1967– Korean maritime border incidents

Mongolia edit

Xiongnu edit

215 BCE Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu
133 BCE – 89 CE Han–Xiongnu War
60–53 BCE Xiongnu Civil War

Rouran Khaganate edit

330–555 Origin and expansion

Turkic Khaganate edit

581–593 Göktürk civil war

Turkic khaganates c. 600 CE

626–649 Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue
640–657 Tang campaigns against the Western Turks
- 657 Conquest of the Western Turks

Uyghur Khaganate edit

744–848 The rise of Uyghurs in Mongolia

Mongol Empire edit

1207 Mongol conquest of Siberia

Golden Horde edit

1380–1390 Tokhtamysh–Timur war
1206–1337 Mongol invasions
Tatar invasions
1938–1945 World War II
- 1938–39 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
- 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Taiwan (Republic of China) edit

1635–1636 Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa
1652 Guo Huaiyi Rebellion
1661 Siege of Fort Zeelandia
1683 Battle of Penghu
1787–1788 Ten Great Campaigns
1895 Japanese conquest of Taiwan
1947 February 28 Incident

South Asia edit

Bangladesh edit

1303 Conquest of Sylhet
1512–1516 Bengal Sultanate–Kingdom of Mrauk U War
1576 Battle of Rajmahal
1611 Conquest of Bakla
1665 Conquest of Chittagong
1757 Battle of Plassey

People's Republic of Bangladesh edit

1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
1972–1975 Communist insurgency
15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
1977 Bogra mutiny
1977 Air Force mutiny
1977–1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict
1991–1992 Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation
1994 Ansar mutiny
1996 coup d'état attempt
1998 coup d'état
2001 Indo-Bangla border skirmish
2004 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul
2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis
2008 Myanmar naval standoff
2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt
2011 coup d'état attempt
2015 Arakan Army border clash

Bhutan edit

1766–1788 Ten Great Campaigns

India edit

Bharathvarsha edit

c. 15000 BCE Ramayana War
c. 5300 BCE – Kurukshetra War

Bharat edit

c. 1700 BCE – c. 1000 BCE Battle of the Ten Kings
543–504 BCE Vijaya's conquest of Sri Lanka

Kingdom of Magadha edit

500–321 BCE Kingdom of Magadha conflicts
- 323–298 BCE Chandragupta Maurya's conquests
- 265–264 BCE Kalinga War
424–321 BCE Nanda Empire conflicts
- 424–321 BCE Nanda Dynasty conflicts
- 321–320 BCE Conquest of the Nanda Empire

Maurya Empire edit

265-264 BCE Kalinga war

Indo-Scythian Kingdom edit

320–550 Gupta Empire conflicts

Gupta Empire edit

320–550 Gupta Empire conflicts

Empire of Harsha edit

606–647 Empire of Harsha Conflicts

Delhi Sultanate edit

1206–1451 Delhi Sultanate conflicts
1206–1337 Mongol conquests
- 1221–1308 Mongol invasions of India
  - Spring 1221 Battle of Indus
  - December 20, 1305 Battle of Amroha

Vijaynagara Empire edit

1336–1646 Vijayanagara Empire conflicts

1520 Battle of Raichur
1565 Battle of Talikota

Mughal Empire edit

1526–1757 Mughal Empire conflicts
- 1526 First Battle of Panipat
- 1527 Battle of Khanwa
- 1556 Second Battle of Panipat
- 1615–82 Ahom–Mughal conflicts
- 1649–53 Mughal–Safavid war
- 1739 Battle of Karnal

Maratha Empire edit

1681–1707 Mughal–Maratha wars
1737–1758 Maratha conquests of North and Northwest India
1777–1818 Anglo-Maratha wars
1780–1787 Maratha–Mysore wars

Sikh Empire edit

1799–1849 Sikh Empire conflicts
- 1708 Battle of Chamkaur
- 1700 First Battle of Anandpur
- 1687 Battle of Nadaun
- 1897 Battle of Saragarhi
- 1701–1704 Second Battle of Anandpur
- September 18, 1688 Battle of Bhangani
- 1837 Battle of Jamrud
1841–1842 Sino-Sikh war
1855–1856 Nepalese–Tibetan war

Company rule in India edit

1766–1799 Anglo-Mysore Wars
- 1766–1769 First Anglo-Mysore War
- 1780–1784 Second Anglo-Mysore War
- 1789–1792 Third Anglo-Mysore War
- 1798–1799 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
1777–1818 Anglo-Maratha Wars
- 1777–1783 First Anglo-Maratha War
- 1803–1805 Second Anglo-Maratha War
- 1817–1818 Third Anglo-Maratha War
1799–1802 Polygar Wars
1814–1816 Gurkha War
1816–1826 Burmese invasions of Assam
1841–1842 Sino-Sikh War
1845–1849 Anglo-Sikh Wars
- 1845–1846 First Anglo-Sikh War
- 1848–1849 Second Anglo-Sikh War
1845–1849 British Empire conflicts
- 1845 Battle of Mudki
- 1845 Battle of Ferozeshah
- 1846 Battle of Aliwal
- February 10, 1846 Battle of Sobraon
- 1848 Battle of Ramnagar
- 1849 Battle of Chillianwala
- 1849 Battle of Gujrat
- 1849 Siege of Multan
1857 Indian Rebellion/Indian Mutiny
- 1857 Siege of Delhi
- 1857 Siege of Cawnpore
- 1857 Siege of Lucknow
- 1857 Battle of Jhelum
- 1857 Siege of Arrah
- 1858 Jhansi

British Raj edit

1823–1886 Anglo-Burmese wars
- 1823–1826 First Anglo-Burmese War
- 1852–1853 Second Anglo-Burmese War
- 1885–1886 Third Anglo-Burmese War
1839–1860 Opium Wars
- 1839–1848 First Opium War
- 1856–1860 Second Opium War
1839–1919 Anglo-Afghan Wars
- 1839–1842 First Anglo-Afghan War
- 1878–1880 Second Anglo-Afghan War
- 1919 Third Anglo-Afghan War
1888 Sikkim Expedition
1897–1898 Tirah Campaign
Indian independence movement
1905 Partition of Bengal
1905–1947 Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
1914–1918 World War I
1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre
1920–1935 Non-cooperation movement
1939–1945 World War II
- 1939–1945 India in World War II
- 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II
- 1942–1945 China Burma India Theater of World War II
- 1942–1945 Battles and operations of the Indian National Army
1942–1945 Battles and operations of the Indian National Army
1942–1947 Quit India Movement

Dominion of India edit

1947 Partition of India
October 22, 1947 – January 1, 1948 Indo-Pakistani War
September 13–18, 1948 Operation Polo

Republic of India edit

1961 Operation Vijay
1962 Sino-Indian War
1964 – ongoing Insurgency in Northeast India
1965 Indo-Pakistani War
1967 – ongoing Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
March 26 – December 16, 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
- 1971 Indo-Pakistani War
1984 Siachen conflict
- 1984 Operation Meghdoot
1984 Operation Blue Star
- 1984 Operation Woodrose
1987–1990 Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War
- 1987 Operation Pawan
- 1988 Operation Viraat
- 1988 Operation Trishul
- 1988 Operation Checkmate
1989 – ongoing Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
1999 Kargil War

Nepal edit

1790–1792 Ten Great Campaigns
1814–1816 Anglo-Nepalese War
1855–1856 Nepalese–Tibetan War
1996–2006 Nepal Civil War

Pakistan edit

535 BCE Persian Invasion
326 BCE Alexander the Great's Conquests
305–303 BCE Seleucid-Maurya War
711 Umayyad Invasion
1001 Ghaznavid Invasion
1306 Mongol Invasion
1526 Mughal Conquests
1747 Durrani Invasion
1838–1845 Anglo Sikh Wars
1839–1919 Anglo-Afghan Wars
1947 Partition of India
Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts
- 1947 Indo-Pakistani War
- 1965 Indo-Pakistani War
- 1971 Indo-Pakistani War
- 1984 Siachen conflict
- 1999 Kargil War
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
- March 26 – May 25, 1971 Operation Searchlight
- 1971 Bangladesh atrocities
- 1971 Indo-Pakistani War
1999 Pakistani coup d'état
2004 – ongoing War in Waziristan
2004 – ongoing Balochistan conflict
2007 Pakistani state of emergency

Sri Lanka edit

161 or 162 BCE Battle of Vijithapura
862 Anuradhapura invasion of Pandyan
1165–1181 Polonnaruwa-Pagan war
1169–1177 Pandyan civil war
1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions
1410 or 1411 Ming-Kotte War
1527–1658 Sinhalese-Portuguese war
- 1557–1558 Siege of Kotte
- 1559 Battle of Mulleriyawa
- 1560–1621 Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom
- 1594 Campaign of Danture
- 1638 Battle of Gannoruwa
1796 East India Company conquest
1803–1815 Kandyan Wars
1818 Uva-Wellassa Rebellion
1848 Matale Rebellion
1914–1948 Sri Lankan independence movement
1971 JVP Insurrection (Sri Lanka)
1983–2009 Sri Lankan Civil War
- 1976–1987 Eelam War I
- 1987–1989 JVP insurrection (Sri Lanka)
- 1990–1995 Eelam War II
- 1995–2002 Eelam War III
- 2006–2009 Eelam War IV

Southeast Asia edit

Burma (Myanmar) edit

1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions
1548–1549 Burmese–Siamese War
1765–1769 Sino-Burmese War
1816–1826 Burmese invasions of Assam
Anglo-Burmese wars
- 1823–1826 First Anglo-Burmese War
- 1852–1853 Second Anglo-Burmese War
- 1885–1886 Third Anglo-Burmese War
1939–1945 World War II
- 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II
- 1942–1945 Japanese occupation of Burma
- 1942–1945 China Burma India Theater of World War II
1948 – ongoing Internal conflict in Burma
- 2007 – Burmese anti-government protests
- 2021 – ongoing Myanmar Civil War

Cambodia edit

Kingdom of Funan edit

c. 100 Preah Thaong and Neang Neak conflict

Chenla Kingdom edit

Apex and decline of Funan

Khmer Empire edit

900 AD
Red: Khmer Empire
Light green: Haripunjaya
Yellow: Champa

1020–1130 Medieval Chola invasions

French Indochina edit

1945–1954 First Indochina War
1967–1975 Cambodian Civil War
1957–1975 Vietnam War
1978–1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War
1978–1988 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand
1997 Clashes in Cambodia
2008-2011 Cambodian–Thai border dispute

Indonesia edit

1020–1130 Medieval Chola invasions
1293 Mongol invasion of Java
1704–1708 First Javanese War of Succession
1719–1722 Second Javanese War of Succession
1749–1755 Third Javanese War of Succession
1803–1837 Padri War
1945–1949 Indonesian National Revolution
1962–1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
1975–1999 Indonesian Invasion of East Timor
1969–present Indonesian West Papua Conflict
1976–2005 Insurgency in Aceh

Laos edit

1957–1975 Vietnam War
1975–2008 Conflict in Laos involving the Hmong
1987–1988 Thai–Laotian Border War

Malaysia edit

1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions
1786 East India Company conquest
1939–1945 World War II
- 1941–1942 Malayan Campaign
1948–1960 Malayan Emergency
1962–1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
1968–1989 Communist insurgency in Malaysia
2013 Lahad Datu standoff

Philippines edit

900–1565 Precolonial period
- 1521 Battle of Mactan
1896–1898 Philippine Revolution
1898 Spanish–American War
- 1898 Battle of Manila Bay
1898–1913 Philippine–American War
World War II
- 1942 Battle of Bataan
- 1944 Battle of Surigao Strait
- 1944 Battle off Samar
- 1944 Battle of Mindoro
- 1944 Battle of Luzon
- 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea
- 1944 Battle of Leyte
- 1945 Battle of Manila
- 1945 Battle of Mindanao
- 1945 Battle of Corregidor
- 1945 Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
1946–1954 Hukbalahap Rebellion
1969–ongoing Communist rebellion in the Philippines
1969–2019 Islamic insurgency in the Philippines
- 2013 Zamboanga City crisis
- 2017 Battle of Marawi
2002–2015 Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
1965–1986 Under Marcos

Thailand edit

1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions
1548–1855 Burmese–Siamese wars
- 1548 Burmese–Siamese War Toungoo–Ayutthaya
- 1759–1760 Burmese–Siamese War Konbaung–Ayutthaya
- 1775–1776 Burmese–Siamese War Konbaung–Bangkok
1914–1918 World War I
1939–1945 World War II
- 1940–1941 French-Thai War
- 1940–1941 Japanese invasion of Thailand
1966–1974 Thailand during the Vietnam war
1978–1989 3rd Indochina war
- 1978 Thai–Laotian Border War
- 1978 – 1984 Vietnamese border raids on Thailand
2008-2011 Thai-Cambodia border disputeThai Cambodia border Conflict
2004 – ongoing South Thailand insurgency

Vietnam edit

258–257 BCE Thuc–Lac Viet War
217–207 BCE Thuc–Qin War
111 BCE Trieu–Han War
39, 40–43 CE Trưng Sisters' Uprising, 137–138, 156–160, 178–181, 248, 299–319, 319–323, 468–485, 542–544, 548–570, 687, 722, 791–798, 803, 819–820, 905 Uprising wars against Chinese domination
938–939 Ngô Quyền war of independence
966–968 War between the 12 warlords
981 War against the Song dynasty
1075–1077 War against the Song dynasty
1257–58, 1284–85, 1287–88 Mongol invasions of Vietnam
982, 1312, 1372, 1377, 1388, 1446–1471, 1695, 1796 Viet-Champa wars
1407–1427 War against the Ming dynasty
1553–1592 Lê–Mạc civil war
1627–1673 Trịnh–Nguyễn War
1714–1755 Nguyen–Khmer War
1784–1785 Tây Sơn-Siam War
1788–1789 Qing—Tây Sơn War
1858–1885 French–Nguyễn war
1914–1918 First World War
- Vietnam during the First World War
1940–1945 Second World War
- Vietnam during the Second World War
1945–1946 War in Vietnam (1945–1946)
1946–1954 First Indochina War
1954–1975 Vietnam War
1964–1992 FULRO insurgency
1974 Battle of the Paracel Islands
1975–1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War
1979 Sino-Vietnamese War
1979–1988 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand
1979–1990 Sino-Vietnamese border conflict
1988 Johnson South Reef Skirmish
2004 Tay Nguyen rebellion
2014 Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff

Asia-Pacific edit

1845–1872 New Zealand Wars
1855 Battle of Kaba
1878–1888 Nauruan Civil War
1886–1894 Samoan Civil War
- 1887–1889 Samoan crisis
- 1898–1899 Second Samoan Civil War
1910–1911 Sokehs rebellion
1914–1918 World War I
- 1914 Battle of Bita Paka
- 1914 Australian occupation of German New Guinea
1937–1945 World War II
- 1942–1943 Guadalcanal campaign
- 1942–1945 New Guinea campaign
- 1942–1945 Solomon Islands campaign
1985 Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
1987 1987 Fijian coups d'état
1988–1998 Bougainville Civil War
1998–2003 Solomon Islands Civil War
- 2003–2017 Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands
2000 2000 Fijian coup d'état
2005–2006 2005–2006 Fijian political crisis
- 2006 Fijian military unrest in 2006
- 2006 Fijian coup d'état
2009 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis

North Asia edit

Russia edit

Grand Duchy of Moscow edit

1368–1372 Lithuanian-Muscovite War
1376 Muscovite-Volga Bulgars War
1382 Siege of Moscow
1438–1552 Russo-Kazan Wars
1467–1469 Qasim War
1471 Battle of Shelon
1480 Great stand on the Ugra River
1478 Siege of Kazan
1492–1494 First Muscovite-Lithuanian War
1495–1497 Russo-Swedish War
1500–1503 Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War
1507–1508 Third Muscovite-Lithuanian War
1512–1522 Fourth Muscovite-Lithuanian War
1534–1537 Fifth Muscovite-Lithuanian War

Tsardom of Russia edit

1552 Siege of Kazan
1552–1556 Tatar Rebellion
1554–1557 Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War
1556 Russian conquest of Astrakhan
1558–1583 Livonian War
1568–1570 Astrakhan Expedition
1571 Russo-Crimean War
July 1580 – 1639 Russian conquest of Siberia

Territory of Muscovy / Russia in 1500, 1600 and 1700.

- July 1580 – 1598 Conquest of the Khanate of Sibir
  - October 23, 1582 Battle of Chuvash Cape
1590–1595 Russo-Swedish War
1605–1618 Polish-Russian War
1606–1607 Bolotnikov Rebellion
1610–1617 Ingrian War
1632–1634 Smolensk War
1651–1653 Russo-Persian War
1652–1689 Sino-Russian border conflicts
1654–1667 First Northern War
1656–1658 Russo-Swedish War
1662–1664 First Bashkir Rebellion
1670–1671 Razin's Rebellion
1676–1681 Russo-Turkish War
1683–1700 Great Turkish War
1700–1721 Great Northern War
1704–1711 Third Bashkir Rebellion
1707–1708 Bulavin Rebellion
1717 Peter the Great's Khivan War
1717–1847 Kazakh-Russian conflicts

Russian Empire edit

Map of the Russian Empire showing any and all territory and immediate influence it possessed regardless of time period.

Territory^[a]

Spheres of influence

1722–1723 Russo-Persian War
1733–1738 War of Polish Succession
1735–1739 Russo-Turkish War
1735–1740 Fourth Bashkir Rebellion
1740–1748 War of the Austrian Succession
1756–1763 Seven Years' War
1768–1769 Koliivshchyna Rebellion
1768–1772 War of the Bar Confederation
1768–1774 Russo-Turkish War
1773–1775 Pugachev's Rebellion
1787–1792 Russo-Turkish War
1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War
1792 Polish-Russian War
1794 Kościuszko Uprising
1796 Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great
1799–1802 War of the Second Coalition
1803–1806 War of the Third Coalition
1804–1813 Russo-Persian War
1806–1807 War of the Fourth Coalition
1806–1812 Russo-Turkish War
1807–1812 Anglo-Russian War
1808–1809 Finnish War
1809 War of the Fifth Coalition
1812 French invasion of Russia
1813–1814 War of the Sixth Coalition
1815 War of the Seventh Coalition
1817–1864 Caucasian War
1825 Decembrist Revolt
1826–1828 Russo-Persian War
1827 Battle of Navarino
1828–1829 Russo-Turkish War
1830–1831 November Uprising
1839–1841 Second Egyptian-Ottoman War
1839–1895 Russian conquest of Central Asia
1841 Gurian Rebellion
1842 Shoorcha Rebellion
1848–1849 Hungarian Revolution
1853–1856 Crimean War
1858 Mahtra War
1861 Bezdna Revolt
1863–1864 January Uprising
1866 Siberian Uprising
1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War
1897–1898 Cretan Revolt
1899–1901 Boxer Rebellion
1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War
January 22, 1905 – June 16, 1907 Revolution of 1905
July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
February–October 1917 Russian Revolution
- February 1917 February Revolution
- July 1917 July Days
- October 1917 October Revolution
November 7, 1917 – October 25, 1922 Russian Civil War

Russian Republic edit

November 7, 1917 – October 25, 1922 Russian Civil War

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics edit

1939–1945 World War II
- 1938–1939 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
- 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria
1945–1991 Cold War
- 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict

Russian Federation edit

1991-ongoing Kuril Islands dispute
(1994–1996),(1999-2010) Chechen Wars
2008 Russo-Georgian War
2014-ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War
2022-ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine

Chronological list of wars edit

20th century edit

1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War
1911 Wuchang Uprising
1914–1918 World War I
1919 Third Anglo-Afghan War
1919 May Fourth Movement
1920 Zhili–Anhui War
1920–1921 Guangdong–Guangxi War
1922 First Zhili–Fengtian War
1924 Second Zhili–Fengtian War
1926–1928 Kuomintang – Warlords conflict
1927–1936 Chinese Civil War
1929 Sino-Soviet War
1929 Afghan civil war
1937–1945 Second Sino-Japanese War
1939–1945 World War II
- 1939–1945 Indian Ocean conflict
- 1940 Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
- 1940–1941 Franco-Thai War
- 1941 Japanese invasion of Thailand
- 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
- 1941–1942 Japanese invasion of Philippines
- 1941–1942 Japanese invasion of Malaya
- 1941–1942 Japanese invasion of Dutch Indies
- 1942–1945 New Guinea campaign
- 1942–1945 Burma Campaign
- 1944–1945 Allied invasion of Philippines
- 1944–1945 Japan campaign
- 1945 Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
- 1945 British invasion of Malaya and Singapore
- 1945 Borneo campaign
- 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria
1946–1950 Chinese Civil War
1946–1954 First Indochina War
1947 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet
1950–1953 Korean War
1951–1954 Abadan Crisis
1954–1955 First Taiwan Strait Crisis
1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
1959 Tibetan uprising
1959–1975 Vietnam War
1962 Sino-Indian War
1964 – today Manipur conflict
1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
1967 – today Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict
1970–1995 Punjab insurgency
1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
1971 Maoist rebellion in Sri Lanka
1978–1979 Cambodian–Vietnamese War
1979 – today Assam conflict
1979–1989 Soviet–Afghan War
1979–1998 Khmer Rouge insurgency
1979 Sino-Vietnamese War
1980 Coconut War
1983–2009 Sri Lankan Civil War
1984 Siachen conflict
1984 Operation Blue Star
1987–1988 Thai–Laotian Border War
1987 Fijian coups d'état
1988–1994 First Nagorno-Karabakh War
1988–1998 Bougainville Civil War
1989 – today Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
1989 Tiananmen protests
1989 – today Tripura rebellion
1989–1992 Mujahideen – Communist war in Afghanistan
1992–1996 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
1992–1997 Tajikistani Civil War
1993 – today Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
1995–1996 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
1996–2001 Taliban–Northern Alliance conflict
1998–2001 Islamic insurgency in Uzbekistan
1998-2003 Solomon Islands Civil War
1999 Kargil War

21st century edit

2000-2001 Fijian coup d'état
2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish
2001 – 2021 War on Terror
- 2001 – 2021 Afghanistan War
- 2002 – 2015 Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
- 2002 – today Islamic terrorism in Indonesia
- 2002 – today Islamic insurgency in Xinjiang
- 2004 – today War in North-West Pakistan
- 2004 – today South Thailand insurgency
2003–2004 Operation All Clear
2005 Islamic uprising in Uzbekistan
2005–2006 Fijian political crisis
- 2006 Fijian military unrest
- 2006 Fijian coup d'état
2009 Fijian constitutional crisis
2008–2009 Cambodian-Thai stand-off
2010 Uruzgan helicopter attack
2010 – 2022 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
- 2010 Mardakert clashes
- 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes
- 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
- 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
- 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
2015 – today Islamic State-Taliban conflict
2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation
2016 – 2017 Kashmir unrest
2022 – today Republican insurgency in Afghanistan